The presence of anemia was also more frequent among patients with: lower BMI (74.4% underweight, 49.4% normal, 26.8% overweight and 22.7% obese), lower CD4 cell count (63.2% <200 cells/μL, 23.9% ≥200 cells/μL), higher HIV viral load (61.1% >100,000 copies/mL, 34.0% 10,000-100,000 copies/mL and 25.4% <10,000 copies/mL), lower platelets count (56.9% <150,000 cells/μL, 36.7% ≥ 150,000 cells/μL), lower white blood cell count (66.9% <4,000 cells/μL, 29.4% ≥4,000 cells/μL), clinical AIDS (78.7%, 37.6% no clinical AIDS) and antiretroviral medications received (43.4%, 38.0% no ART). Here, CD4 is linked to anemia.