Prevalence and determinants of anemia among HIV-positive children in central Uganda: A cross sectional study

Majority of the children (63.5%) were over 5 years of age and 52.9% were male and 57.3% had anemia with 95% confidence interval of 52.3-62.2%. The predominant severity category of anemia was moderate (48.6%). Multivariable analysis showed that caretakers who stopped in primary, having more than four siblings, being in current HIV stages 2 or 3, any history of hospital admission in the preceding six months, and being severely stunted, wasted, or experiencing concurrent stunting and wasting were independently associated with anemia among children infected with HIV (P-value < 0.05 for all). Iron deficiency anemia accounted for 54.1% of all children with anemia.