Abstract
Purpose: Nowadays, most of the people die due to metabolic impairment; however early screening was not practiced in west Ethiopia. Thus, study aimed to assess magnitude of metabolic syndrome among middle aged urban residents.
Methods: A community based cross sectional study applied on 266 participants in March 2019. Data was collected as of WHO and using SPSS version 24, associated significant of variables were considered at p <0.05 on multivariable logistic regression analysis.
Results: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and central obesity was 12.6% and 47.1% based on IDF, 2018 while 15.4% and 58.6% as of Ethiopian references. On multivariate analysis: body mass index ≥25Kg/m2 (p<0.001), central obesity (p=0.015), systolic blood pressure (P=0.039), and FBS ≥ 100 mg/dl (P<0.001) were associated significantly with metabolic syndrome.
Conclusion: The magnitude of metabolic syndrome was high in west Ethiopia. Therefore, educating community on metabolic syndrome was significant to mitigate degenerative diseases.
