Kiros Kbrom Gemechu, Abyu Gebre Yitayih, Belay Desta Siyoum, Goyteom Mekonnen Haftom, Welegebriel Tensay Kahsay
Department of Nursing, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia.
Department of Nursing, Bahirdar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
BMC Res Notes. 2019 Nov 21;12(1):762. doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4791-1.
To assess magnitude of overweight and associated factors among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at Mekelle public hospitals, Tigray, Ethiopia.
A total of 365 participants were enrolled in this study. One hundred ninety-eight (54.2%) of the participants were males and 288 (78.9%) of the study participants were from an urban residence. In this study 161 (44.1%) and 12 (3.3%) of the study subjects were alcohol consumers and smokers respectively. Besides, 166 (45%) of the study participants had poor dietary intake and around 302 (82.7%) had low level of vigorous physical activity. The proportion of individuals who were overweight using body mass index as a measure was 149 (40.8%) and the proportion of individuals who had central obesity using waist circumference as a measure was 194 (53.2%). The magnitude of overweight among study participants from urban residence and alcohol consumers was 138 (92.6%) and 93 (62.4%) respectively. Residence area, alcohol consumption, physical activities, central obesity and dietary intake were the determinant factors for overweight among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.
评估埃塞俄比亚提格雷州梅凯勒公立医院2型糖尿病患者的超重程度及相关因素。
本研究共纳入365名参与者。其中198名（54.2%）为男性，288名（78.9%）参与者来自城市地区。本研究中，分别有161名（44.1%）和12名（3.3%）研究对象饮酒和吸烟。此外，166名（45%）研究参与者饮食摄入不佳，约302名（82.7%）剧烈身体活动水平较低。以体重指数衡量的超重个体比例为149名（40.8%），以腰围衡量的中心性肥胖个体比例为194名（53.2%）。来自城市地区的研究参与者和饮酒者的超重比例分别为138名（92.6%）和93名（62.4%）。居住地区、饮酒、身体活动、中心性肥胖和饮食摄入是2型糖尿病患者超重的决定因素。
