Table 1.
Sample size, means, and standard deviations (SD) for age, weight, height, and BMI of adolescents (15–18 years) in seven Arab countriesa.
| Variables | Sex | Algeria (Algiers city) |
Jordan (Amman) |
Kuwait (Kuwait city) |
Libya (Tripoli) |
Palestine (Al-Khalil) |
Syria (Damascus) |
UAE (Sharjah) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size | M | 194 | 462 | 273 | 280 | 220 | 549 | 262 |
| F | 265 | 475 | 355 | 350 | 257 | 513 | 243 | |
| Age (years) (Mean ± SD) |
M | 16.90 ± 0.83 | 16.45 ± 0.58 | 16.70 ± 1.0 | 16.15 ± 0.94 | 16.40 ± 0.92 | 16.21 ± 0.85 | 16.41 ± 0.93 |
| F | 16.96 ± 0.79 | 16.54 ± 0.84 | 16.52 ± .095 | 16.17 ± 0.95 | 16.31 ± 0.93 | 16.41 ± 0.95 | 16.54 ± 0.99 | |
| Weight (kg) (Mean ± SD) |
M | 64.0 ± 10.9 | 67.7 ± 16.5 | 82.7 ± 23.1 | 64.2 ± 14.7 | 61.9 ± 13.0 | 66.8 ± 14.2 | 70.0 ± 21.4 |
| F | 58.8 ± 10.5 | 58.9 ± 10.9 | 65.1 ± 20.5 | 59.9 ± 13.3 | 56.1 ± 9.8 | 58.1 ± 10.0 | 54.6 ± 14.2 | |
| Height (CM) (Mean ± SD) |
M | 173.4 ± 7.2 | 170.8 ± 7.1 | 171.2 ± 7.0 | 167.4 ± 7.4 | 169.3 ± 7.0 | 172.4 ± 15.4 | 169.4 ± 12.0 |
| F | 161.7 ± 5.7 | 162.1 ± 5.7 | 159.3 ± 6.6 | 157.9 ± 5.5 | 160.3 ± 5.8 | 160.0 ± 5.8 | 157.9 ± 7.2 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) (Mean ± SD) |
M | 21.3 ± 3.7 | 23.1 ± 5.1 | 28.1 ± 7.5 | 22.8 ± 4.5 | 21.5 ± 4.0 | 22.5 ± 4.4 | 26.9 ± 36.1 |
| F | 22.5 ± 3.6 | 22.4 ± 3.9 | 25.6 ± 7.7 | 24.0 ± 5.0 | 21.8 ± 3.4 | 22.7 ± 3.7 | 21.9 ± 5.7 |
aOne way ANOVA tests were significantly different between countries (P < 0.000) for both males and females.