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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants

From: Diabetes mellitus and HIV infection among active tuberculosis patients in Northwest Ethiopia: health facility-based cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Total (%)

DM

HIV

Positive

Negative

Positive

Negative

Address

 Urban

90 (33.5)

5 (16.1)

85 (35.7)

31 (52.5)

59 (28.1)

 Rural

179 (66.5)

26 (83.6)

153 (64.3)

28 (47.5)

151 (71.9)

Gender

 Male

144 (53.5)

19 (61.3)

125 (52.5)

29 (49.2)

115 (54.8)

 Female

125 (46.5)

12 (38.7)

113 (47.5)

30 (50.8)

95 (45.2)

Age category

 18–30

126 (46.8)

9 (25.7)

117 (50.0)

28 (47.5)

98 (46.7)

 31–40

61 (22.7)

13 (37.1)

48 (20.5)

13 (22.0)

48 (22.9)

 > 40

82 (30.5)

13 (37.1)

69 (29.5)

18 (30.5)

64 (30.5)

Marital status

 Single

62 (23.0)

7 (22.6)

55 (23.1)

17 (28.8)

45 (21.4)

 Married

160 (59.5)

19 (61.3)

141 (59.2)

31 (52.5)

129 (61.4)

 Widowed or divorced

47 (17.5)

5 (16.1)

42 (17.6)

11 (18.6)

36 (17.1)

Family size

 < 5

178 (66.2)

15 (48.4)

163 (68.5)

42 (71.2)

136 (64.8)

 ≥ 5

91 (33.8)

16 (51.6)

75 (31.5)

17 (28.8)

74 (35.2)

Educational status

 No formal education

152 (56.5)

17 (54.8)

135 (56.7)

27 (45.8)

125 (59.5)

 Primary (grade 1–8)

60 (22.3)

7 (22.6)

53 (22.3)

16 (27.1)

44 (21.0)

 Secondary (grade 9–12)

26 (9.7)

3 (9.7)

23 (9.7)

5 (8.5)

21 (10.0)

 College or University

31 (11.5)

4 (12.9)

27 (11.3)

11 (18.6)

20 (9.5)

Occupation

 Employee

31 (11.5)

4 (12.9)

27 (11.3)

11 (18.6)

20 (9.5)

 Farmer

145 (53.9)

18 (58.1)

127 (53.4)

21 (35.6)

124 (59.0)

 Merchant

23 (8.6)

2 (6.5)

21 (8.8)

9 (15.3)

14 (6.7)

 Students

22 (8.2)

4 (12.9)

18 (7.6)

8 (13.6)

14 (6.7)

 No job

48 (17.8)

3 (9.7)

45 (18.9)

10 (16.9)

38 (18.1)

Income per month in ETB

 < 1000.0ETB

113 (42.0)

15 (48.4)

98 (41.2)

23 (39.0)

90 (42.9)

 1000.00–1999.00ETB

62 (23.0)

9 (29.0)

53 (22.3)

21 (35.6)

67 (31.9)

 > 2000.00ETB

94 (34.9)

7 (22.6)

87 (36.6)

15 (25.4)

53 (25.2)

  1. ETB: Ethiopian Birr, the exchange rate 1USD = 27.00ETB; DM: diabetes mellitus; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus