Research Article

Central Obesity and Associated Factors among Adult Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in Armed Force Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 5

A bivariate analysis using binary logistic regression to identify factors associated with central obesity among HIV patients who received ART at armed force comprehensive and specialized hospital, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 353).

VariablesCategoryCOR (95% CI) value

SexFemale7.72 (4.32, 13.8)0.002
Male1.00

Age (years)0.99 (0.96, 1.02)0.23
Educational statusIlliterate1.79 (0.74, 4.34)0.52
Primary/secondary0.71 (0.41, 1.21)0.06
College and above1.00

Occupational statusHousewife1.00
Employer0.32 (0.12, 0.85)0.02
Merchant0.94 (0.17, 5.34)0.19
Pensioners0.13 (0.05, 0.36)0.04
Unemployed0.56 (0.13, 2.29)0.26

Marital statusMarried1.00
Never married0.73 (0.33, 1.60)0.15
Widowed3.00 (1.02, 8.85)0.03
Divorced0.74 (0.37, 1.51)0.06

WHO clinical stageStage I1.00
Stage II2.76 (1.37, 5.56)0.01
Stage III1.80 (0.91, 3.50)0.23
Stage IV1.30 (0.63, 267)0.17

Duration on ART (months)<59 months1.00
60–107 months0.86 (0.41, 1.84)0.19
>107 months1.15 (0.58, 2.31)0.08

Type of regimenAZT + 3TC + NPV1.00
AZT + 3TC + EFV3.63 (0.77, 17, 11)0.06
TDF + 3TC + EFV0.54 (0.28, 1.05)0.13
TDF + 3TC + NPV0.94 (0.35, 2.50)0.21
ABC + 3TC + ATZ0.18 (0.05, 0.67)0.04
ABC + 3TC + ATV/r0.35 (0.12, 0.98)0.02

Baseline CD4 counts (cells/mm3)<2000.22 (0.03, 1.73)0.17
200–3490.12 (0.01, 1.00)0.15
350–4990.15 (0.02, 1.35)0.21
>5001.00

Current CD4 counts (cells/mm3)<2000.34 (0.16, 0.73)<0.001
200–3490.53 (0.29, 0.99)0.24
350–4991.15 (0.61, 2.18)0.11
>5001.00

Current viral load (copies/ml)≤1000 counts
≥1001 counts
1.00
0.50 (0.24, 1.04)
0.16

Body mass index (BMI)1.23 (1.15, 1.32)<0.001
Smoked cigaretteYes1.46 (0.48, 4.43)0.18
No1.00

Consumed alcoholYes0.86 (0.55, 1.34)0.30
No1.00

Physical activityYes1.000.17
No0.81 (0.50, 1.29)

Dietary/diversity scoreDiversified1.05 (0.68, 1.61)0.14
Undiversified1.00

Depression statusNormal1.00
Abnormal0.76 (0.43, 1.35)0.34

Total cholesterol (TC)Normal1.00
Abnormal0.54 (0.35, 0.84)0.02

Low-density lipoprotein (LDL)Normal1.00
Abnormal1.83 (1.15, 2.89)0.01

High-density lipoprotein (HDL)Normal1.00
Abnormal1.62 (0.98, 2.69)0.23

Total triglyceride (TG)Normal1.00
Abnormal1.41 (0.83, 2.40)0.12

Blood pressure (BP)Normal1.00
Abnormal1.55 (0.95, 2.54)0.21

Fasting blood glucose (FBS)1.002 (0.99, 1.01)0.16