Prevalence and associated factors of overweight/obesity among type2 diabetic outpatients in Southwest Ethiopia

Purpose: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major global health threat worldwide. Obesity and overweight is major risk factor for its development. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of overweight/obesity among diabetic outpatients at Jimma Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia. Methods: Hospital-based, cross-sectional study was conducted during March 02 to June 30, 2020 among systematically selected participants at the study area. Bivariable and multivariable binary logistic regression were used to identify the factors associated with outcome variable. Variables with a p value of<0.25 on bivariable logistic regression were considered candidates for multivariable regression. On multivariable logistic regression variables with p-value of <0.05 were considered as significantly associated with overweight/obesity. Results: A total of 334 participants with mean age of 51.42 ± 13.33 years were included in the study. The prevalence of overweight/obesity among the study population was 36.2%. According to multivariable logistic regression analysis, residence (AOR = 1.8, 95%CI:1, 3), higher income tercile (AOR = 3.4, 95%CI:1.8, 6.7), family history of overweight and obesity (AOR = 1.9, 95%CI:1.1,3.4), comorbid hypertension (AOR = 2.4, 95%CI:1.4,4) and physical inactivity (AOR = 2.1, 95%CI:1.2,3.5) were significantly associated with overweight/obesity. Conclusion: There was a high prevalence of overweight/obesity among study participants. It was found that higher income tercile, residence, family history of overweight and obesity, comorbid hypertension and physical inactivity were significantly associated with overweight/obesity.