Table 2.
Prevalence of breakfast skipping
| Group | No. of students |
No. skipping bf. |
Prev. skipping (%) |
| Pre-clinical | 154 | 118 | 76.62 |
| Clinical students | 163 | 110 | 67.48 |
| Males | 203 | 143 | 70.44 |
| Females | 114 | 85 | 74.56 |
| Total (sex & class) | 317 | 228 | 71.92 |
There is statistically significant relationship in breakfast skipping between the clinical and pre-clinical year class respectively at α =5%, Chi sq. =17.88, df =4, p =0.001. There is statistically significant relationship in breakfast skipping between the males and females respectively at α =5%, Chi sq. =10.86, df = 4, p = 0.028.