Table 2 Magnitude of overweight by socio-demographic characteristics among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at Mekelle public hospitals, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018
Variable | Category | Overweight | |
|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | ||
Number (%) | Number (%) | ||
Sex | Male | 122 (56.5) | 76 (51) |
Female | 94 (43.5) | 73 (49) | |
Age category | 25–34 | 21 (9.7) | 9 (6) |
35–44 | 61 (28.2) | 10 (6.7) | |
45–54 | 83 (38.4) | 50 (33.6) | |
Above 55 | 51 (23.6) | 80 (53.7) | |
Marital status | Single | 8 (3.7) | 4 (2.7) |
Married | 171 (79.2) | 120 (80.5) | |
Divorced | 17 (7.9) | 8 (5.4) | |
Widowed | 20 (9.3) | 17 (11.4) | |
Religion | Orthodox | 186 (86.1) | 84 (56.4) |
Muslim | 25 (11.6) | 53 (35.6) | |
Others | 5 (2.3) | 12 (8) | |
Ethnicity | Tigray | 208 (96.3) | 146 (98%) |
Amhara | 8 (3.7) | 3 (2) | |
Educational status | Can’t read and write | 52 (24.1) | 22 (14.8) |
Non formal education | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
Primary school | 56 (26) | 38 (25.5) | |
Secondary school | 42 (19.4) | 30 (20.1) | |
Diploma and above | 66 (30.6) | 59 (39.6) | |
Occupational status | Housewife | 48 (22.2) | 39 (26.2) |
Government employee | 86 (39.8) | 41 (27.5) | |
Merchant | 34 (15.7) | 49 (32.9) | |
Farmer | 35 (16.2) | 5 (3.4) | |
retried | 5 (2.3) | 13 (8.7) | |
Other | 8 (3.7) | 2 (1.3) | |
Residential area | Rural | 66 (30.6) | 11 (7.4) |
Urban | 150 (69.4) | 138 (92.6) | |