Table 2 Risk factors of health among Saudi youths by sex, 2013
From: The health of Saudi youths: current challenges and future opportunities
Factor | Categories | Male | Female | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Percent/Mean | SE | N | Percent/Mean | SE | |||
BMI (%) | <18.5 Kg/m2 | 164 | 14.4 | 1.3 | 131 | 12.3 | 1.3 | 0.564 |
18.5-24.9 Kg/m2 | 544 | 47.5 | 1.9 | 568 | 50.5 | 1.9 | ||
25-29.9 Kg/m2 | 284 | 24.9 | 1.6 | 272 | 23.4 | 1.6 | ||
30+ Kg/m2 | 157 | 13.3 | 1.3 | 170 | 13.9 | 1.3 | ||
Smoking (%) | Never smoked | 943 | 81.2 | 1.5 | 1169 | 98.5 | 0.5 | <0.001 |
Former smoker | 42 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | ||
Current smoker | 202 | 16.1 | 1.4 | 11 | 0.8 | 0.3 | ||
Shisha (%) | Daily users | 60 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.4 | <0.001 |
Others | 1113 | 95.0 | 0.8 | 1178 | 99.0 | 0.4 | ||
Fruit and vegetables (%) | No servings | 407 | 37.5 | 1.8 | 442 | 39.0 | 1.8 | 0.073 |
1 to 4 servings | 718 | 57.2 | 1.8 | 683 | 53.0 | 1.9 | ||
5 or more servings | 64 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 68 | 8.0 | 1.1 | ||
Activity (%) | No physical activity | 255 | 19.7 | 1.4 | 532 | 42.8 | 1.9 | <0.001 |
Insufficient | 245 | 22.1 | 1.6 | 346 | 32.8 | 1.8 | ||
Moderate | 177 | 16.1 | 1.4 | 113 | 9.0 | 1.0 | ||
Vigorous | 479 | 42.1 | 1.9 | 174 | 15.4 | 1.4 | ||
Blood pressure (%) | Normal blood pressure | 741 | 64.38 | 1.81 | 908 | 79.54 | 1.54 | <0.001 |
Prehypertension | 362 | 31.26 | 1.76 | 218 | 18.00 | 1.45 | ||
Stage 1 hypertension | 44 | 3.93 | 0.74 | 18 | 2.00 | 0.60 | ||
Stage 2 hypertension | 5 | 0.43 | 0.24 | 5 | 0.46 | 0.24 | ||
Daily sitting time (hr) | 1129 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 1113 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 0.022 | |
Weekly TV and computer time (hr) | 1137 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 117 | 7.9 | 0.4 | 0.874 | |
Days eating fast food (per week) | 1080 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 1057 | 1.9 | 0.1 | <0.001 | |
Soda or popa (numbers per week) | 1064 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 968 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.180 | |
Days eating processed meat (per week) | 1120 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1098 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.176 | |
Processed meat (servings per day) | 310 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 296 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.243 | |
Days eating other processed food (per week) | 1125 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1113 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.030 | |
Other processed food (servings per day) | 674 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 633 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.007 | |
Uses seatbelt as front passenger (%) | Never | 789 | 65.4 | 1.8 | 949 | 82.2 | 1.4 | <0.001 |
Sometimes | 323 | 30.3 | 1.7 | 196 | 16.1 | 1.4 | ||
Always | 59 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 20 | 1.7 | 0.5 | ||
Uses seatbelt as back passenger (%) | Never | 1039 | 89.1 | 1.1 | 1079 | 91.7 | 1.1 | 0.238 |
Sometimes | 111 | 9.9 | 1.1 | 81 | 7.6 | 1.0 | ||
Always | 23 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | ||