Prevalence of diabetes and obesity has been shown to be socially and economically associated. This cross-sectional study examined this association among morocco adults with type 2 diabetes. Age, sex, Educational attainment and occupational class were used as indicators of socio-demographic status. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist -hip ratio (WHR) were evaluated separately for men and women. Analysis by sex showed that the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity was significantly higher in women than in men (p <0.001). Analysis by Educational attainment and occupational class showed that general obesity was significantly elevated in women compared to males only in illiterate patients (p = 0.001) and in low socioeconomic status patients (p <0.001). In contrast, abdominal obesity was significantly elevated among women regardless of educational attainment and economic status. The prevalence of general obesity has affected all age groups above 40 years with a significantly high maximum peak in the age group 50 to 59 years (p = 0.044), whereas in women the prevalence of obesity has affected all age groups from 30 years. Compared with abdominal obesity, the mean values of WC and WHR exceed the threshold of abdominal obesity in all age groups of women but, in men, only the mean values of waist circumference have exceeded the norms in all the age groups above 50 years. Our findings have major implications for research and to understand the reasons for gender and age differences in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and for health policies
