Table 4 Final multi-variable Cox Proportional Hazard Modal for the VL-HIV co-infected patient (at Metema Hospital, North West Gondar, during 2015–2021)

Nutritional Status

Normal®

1

MAM

1.812005

1.153911

0.116

6.122708

(0.6378713 58.76978)

SAM

3.23476

1.192169

0.007*

4.40027

(2.455061 262.7934)

Baseline CD4 + count

< 100 ®

1

≥ 100

-1.303932

0.6468098

0.044*

0.2714623

(0.0764089 0.9644395)

Body mass index

Normal ®

1

Underweight

1.542907

0.7517923

0.040*

4.678169

(1.970097 11.10872)

Overweight

1.119183

1.225554

0.361

3.06235

(0.7477906 12.54093)

Obs

ll(null)

ll(model)

df

AIC

BIC

153

-79.5905

-67.82027

5

145.6405

160.7927