| Characteristics category number (%) | ||
| Type of health facility | Hospital | 279 (84.5) |
| Health centre | 51 (15.5) | |
| Gastro intestinal symptoms | yes | 139 (42.12) |
| No | 191 (57.88) | |
| Opportunistic infections | yes | 133 (40.3) |
| No | 197 (59.7) | |
| Tuberculosis | yes | 31 (9.39) |
| No | 299 (90.61) | |
| Oral candidiasis | yes | 78 (23.64) |
| No | 252 (76.36) | |
| Chronic diarrhea | yes | 60 (18.18) |
| No | 270 (81.82) | |
| Side effect of ART | yes | 55 (16.7) |
| No | 275 (83.3) | |
| Adherence to ART | good | 282 (85.5) |
| Fair | 34 (10.3) | |
| Poor | 14 (4.2) | |
| Clinical staging | I | 70 (21.21) |
| II | 137 (41.52) | |
| III | 106 (32.12) | |
| IV | 17 (5.15) | |