Department of Statistics, College of Computing and Informatics, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia
Research Article
Joint Modeling in Determinants of Status of Tuberculosis and CD4 Cell Count among Antiretroviral Therapy Attendant of HIV Infected Adults Follow Up in Gondar Teaching Referral Hospital, Gonder, Ethiopia
Author(s): Kindu Kebede Gebre*
Background: Tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus have been closely linked and East Africa is the hardest region hit by tuberculosis
and Human immunodeficiency virus including Ethiopia. The main objective of this study was to identify the associated variables with tuberculosis
status and CD4 cell count chance of patients jointly in Gonder teaching referral hospital, Gonder, Ethiopia implemented by SAS version 94.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted on AIDS patients whose age greater than 19 years from 1st January, 2018- 30th January,
2020. Generalized linear mixed model was used to identify the factors of CD4 cell count and tuberculosis status of patients separately and jointly.
Results: The mean with a standard deviation of weight, and a hemoglobin level of pat.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2155-6113.2021.12.855
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