Predictors of mortality among TB-HIV co-infected children attending anti-retroviral therapy clinics of selected public hospitals in southern, Ethiopia: retrospective cohort study

Table 1 Immune suppression-Based on WHO classification

HIV-associated immunodeficiency	Age-related CD4+ values
HIV-associated immunodeficiency	< 11 months (%CD4+)	12–35 months (%CD4+)	36–59 months (%CD4+)	> 5 years (absolute number per mm3 or %CD4+)
None or not significant	> 35	> 30	> 25	> 500
Mild	30–35	25–30	20–25	350 − 499
Advanced	25–29	20–24	15 − 19	200 − 349
Severe	< 25	< 20	< 15	< 200 or < 15%

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