Table 4. Factors Associated with the Prevalence of Obesity.
| Factor | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| With obesity | Without obesity | ||
| Age, year (mean, standard deviation) | 22.8 ± 3.81 | 22.02 ± 3.59 | 0.083 |
| Sex (n, %) | 0.001* | ||
| Male | 63 (21%) | 237 (79%) | |
| Female | 16 (9.2%) | 158 (90.8%) | |
| Nationality (n, %) | 0.253 | ||
| Saudi | 76 (16.4%) | 388 (83.6%) | |
| Non-Saudi | 3 (30%) | 7 (70%) | |
| Place of residency (n, %) | 0.565 | ||
| Rural area | 42 (17.6%) | 196 (82.4%) | |
| Urban area | 37 (15.7%) | 199 (84.3%) | |
| College (n, %) | 0.545 | ||
| Health-related college | 56 (16%) | 293 (84%) | |
| Non-health-related college | 23 (18.4%) | 102 (81.6%) | |
| Academic year (n, %) | 0.308 | ||
| First year | 5 (12.5%) | 35 (87.5%) | |
| Second year | 11 (13.4%) | 71 (86.6%) | |
| Third year | 18 (13.6%) | 114 (86.4%) | |
| Fourth year | 15 (22.4%) | 52 (77.6%) | |
| Fifth year | 5 (16.7%) | 25 (83.3%) | |
| Sixth year | 12 (27.3%) | 32 (72.7%) | |
| Internship | 13 (16.5%) | 66 (83.5%) | |
| Grade point average (n, %) | 0.085 | ||
| ≤3 | 6 (30%) | 14 (70%) | |
| 3–3.5 | 10 (25.6%) | 29 (74.4%) | |
| 3.5–4 | 14 (18.4%) | 62 (81.6%) | |
| 4–4.5 | 23 (19.7%) | 94 (80.3%) | |
| 4.5–4.75 | 12 (12%) | 88 (88%) | |
| 4.75–5 | 14 (11.5%) | 108 (88.5%) | |
| Current use of one or more of the following tobacco products: cigarettes, snuff, or cigars | <0.001* | ||
| Yes | 18 (35.3%) | 33 (64.7%) | |
| No | 61 (14.4%) | 362 (85.6%) | |
| Presence of comorbidities | 0.007* | ||
| Medically free | 62 (14.9%) | 353 (85.1%) | |
| At least one comorbidity | 17 (28.8%) | 42 (71.2%) | |
| Presence of hypertension | 0.111 | ||
| Yes | 3 (37.5%) | 5 (62.5%) | |
| No | 76 (16.3%) | 390 (83.7%) | |
| Presence of diabetes mellitus | 0.395 | ||
| Yes | 2 (28.6%) | 5 (71.4%) | |
| No | 77 (16.5%) | 390 (83.5%) | |
| Presence of depression | 0.261 | ||
| Yes | 6 (25%) | 18 (75%) | |
| No | 73 (16.2%) | 377 (83.3%) | |
| In the last 7 days, how many days have you exercised or participated in physical activity for at least 20 minutes that made you sweat? | 0.795 | ||
| 0 days | 31 (16.8%) | 154 (83.2%) | |
| 1–3 days | 28 (15%) | 159 (85%) | |
| 4–6 days | 15 (19.5%) | 62 (80.5%) | |
| 7 days (every day) | 5 (20%) | 20 (80%) | |
| In the last 7 days, how many days have you exercised or participated in physical activity for at least 20 minutes that did not make you sweat? | 0.228 | ||
| 0 days | 47 (19.2%) | 198 (80.8%) | |
| 1–3 days | 24 (16.2%) | 124 (83.3%) | |
| 4–6 days | 4 (7.7%) | 48 (92.3%) | |
| 7 days (every day) | 4 (13.8%) | 25 (86.2%) | |
| Social support score (mean, standard deviation) | 8.37 ± 2.38 | 8.24 ± 2.43 | 0.665 |
| *Significant at <0.05 | |||