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Abstract
Introduction: Overweight/obesity is an emerging public health problem in low income countries. Currently sub-Saharan African countries are facing a double burden of malnutrition. Evidence has shown that overweight/obesity is becoming a problem for people living with HIV. But little is known in our setting. Thus, this study is designed to assess the association between overweight/obesity and ART drug regimen among adult HIV patients in Gamo zone public health facilities southern Ethiopia.
Objective: To assess the association between overweight/obesity and ART drug regimen among adult HIV patients in Gamo zone public health facilities southern Ethiopia.
Methods: Institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from April 10 to May 10, 2022, among systematically selected adult HIV patients. The data were collected by using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire, patient record review, and physical measurements. Multivariate logistic regression model was used to assess the association between dependent and independent variables. A p-value <0.05 with its 95% CI was considered as a statistically significant and interpreted accordingly.
Results: The magnitude of overweight/obesity were 13.5% (95% CI:(10.4-17.2)). Being male (2.484(1.308, 4.716)), duration on ART (took for ≥5 years) ((2.249(1.218, 4.152)), and ART drug regime (3.789(1.965, 7.304)) were significantly associated with overweight/obesity.
Conclusion: Overweight/obesity is significantly associated to ART drug regimen type among adult HIV patients. Furthermore, sex and duration on ART drug were found significantly associated with overweight/obesity of adult HIV patients.
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