Table 5.
Factors affecting the prevalence of nasal obstruction
| Factors | Nasal obstruction | P | ||
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| Categories | No nasal obstruction (≤10) | Nasal obstruction (15–100) | ||
| Sex | Male | 111 (30.1) | 258 (69.9) | <0.001* |
| Female | 302 (45.1) | 368 (54.9) | ||
| Education | University degree or higher | 328 (39.7) | 501 (60.4) | 0.810 |
| Doesn’t hold a university degree | 85 (40.5) | 125 (59.5) | ||
| Age | ≤50 years | 383 (39.9) | 577 (60.1) | 0.737 |
| >50 years | 30 (38) | 49 (62) | ||
| Nationality | Saudi | 389 (39.8) | 589 (60.2) | 0.947 |
| Non-Saudi | 24 (39.3) | 37 (60.7) | ||
| Marital status | Un-married | 249 (38.4) | 400 (61.6) | 0.240 |
| Married | 164 (42.1) | 226 (57.9) | ||
| Employment status | Non-employed | 266 (41.3) | 378 (58.7) | 0.191 |
| Employed | 147 (37.2) | 248 (62.8) | ||
| Have chronic diseases | No | 319 (46.4) | 368 (53.6) | <0.001* |
| Yes | 94 (26.7) | 258 (73.3) | ||
| Anyone from your family has nasal obstruction disease | No | 318 (52.3) | 290 (47.7) | <0.001* |
| Yes | 95 (22) | 336 (78) | ||
| Medication use | No | 303 (52.3) | 276 (47.7) | <0.001* |
| Yes | 110 (23.9) | 350 (76.1) | ||