Operational definitions
| Terms | Interpretations |
|---|---|
| Alcohol-consumption | defined as the use of any form of alcohol-based beverages whether locally produced or manufactured in industries, and used regularly in any interval ranging from days to month by the participant/s at present in any amount. Occasional intakes for holidays, ceremonies, a greater than monthly interval intakes were neglected. |
| Cigarette smoking | defined as the active use of tobacco whether locally produced or manufactured in industries, and is being used regularly by the participant/s at present in any form or amount on a daily, weekly basis, or monthly intervals. |
| Coffee- consumption | defined as the use of coffee whether locally produced or manufactured in industries, and is being used regularly by the participant/s at present in any amount on a daily or weekly basis. |
| Family history of cardiometabolic disease | defined concerning the positive history of cardiovascular diseases (diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, coronary heart disease, or dyslipidemia) in a first-degree relative. |
| HIV- negative | An individual on follow-up care of adult ambulatory clinics for other chronic diseases management such as diabetes, hypertension, etc., and have no HIV during enrollment. |
| HIV- positive | An individual confirmed HIV + by either antigen or antibody tests and has already initiated combination ART (cART) by attending the ART follow-up service. |
| Khat-chewing | defined as the regular use of Khat leaves by the participant/s at present in any form or amount on a daily, weekly basis, or monthly intervals. |
| MHO | Defined as metabolically healthy obese patients 16 and they are overweight/ obesity patients (≥25 Kg/m2) but without dyslipidemia, T2DM, or HTN. |
| MUH-NW | Defined as metabolically unhealthy normal weight 16 and participants within the normal BMI (<25 Kg/m2) but having a T2DM or FBS>126 mg/dl or HTN will be considered MUH-NW |
| Normal-weight | Defined as BMI 18.5–24.9 kg/m2 |
| Obesity | defined as a BMI of ≥ 30 kg/m2 |
| Overweight | defined as a body mass index or BMI of 25 to 29.9 kg/m2 |
| Traditional medicine | defined as the use of any non-conventional medicine that was prescribed in any form of remedies to be administered to any part of the body and that is being used at present in any amount and any interval. |
| WHtR | Defined as Waist to Height Ratio and if it is greater than 0.5 in adults are considered to be a risk for cardiometabolic disorders. 80 |