Table 3.
Percentage of the participants who expressed knowledge of energy requirements of active and inactive men or women (N = 2020)
| Knowledge of energy requirements | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Moderately active men | Moderately active women | Inactive adults | |||||||||
| <1500 | 1500–3000 | 3000–4500 | >4500 | <1500 | 1500–3000 | 3000–4500 | >4500 | <1500 | 1500–3000 | 3000–4500 | >4500 | |
| Age, Y | ||||||||||||
| 18–24 | (8.8%) | 720 (60.4%) | 343 (28.8%) | 25 (2.1%) | 340 (28.5%) | 725 (60.8%) | 113 (9.5%) | 14 (1.2%) | 638 (53.5%) | 407 (34.1%) | 101 (8.5%) | 46 (3.9%) |
| 25–39 | 62 (10.9%) | 337 (59.1%) | 156 (27.4%) | 15 (2.6%) | 191 (33.6%) | 301 (52.9%) | 66 (11.6%) | 11 (1.9%) | 310 (54.9%) | 194 (34.3%) | 43 (7.6%) | 18 (3.2%) |
| 40+ | 23 (9.7%) | 153 (64.6%) | 56 (23.6%) | 5 (2.1%) | 65 (27.7%) | 151 (64.3%) | 15 (6.4%) | 4 (1.7%) | 135 (56.7%) | 85 (35.7%) | 14 (5.9%) | 4 (1.7%) |
| P-Value | 0.542 | 0.016 | 0.516 | |||||||||
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 92 (10.6%) | 550 (63.4%) | 211 (24.3%) | 15 (1.7%) | 257 (29.8%) | 497 (57.6%) | 94 (10.9%) | 15 (1.7%) | 430 (49.8%) | 319 (36.9%) | 82 (9.5%) | 33 (3.8%) |
| Female | 101 (8.8%) | 663 (58.1%) | 349 (30.6%) | 29 (2.9%) | 342 (29.9%) | 686 (60%) | 101 (8.8%) | 14 (1.2%) | 656 (57.5%) | 371 (32.5%) | 79 (6.9%) | 35 (3.1%) |
| P-Value | 0.006 | 0.317 | 0.005 | |||||||||
| Nationality | ||||||||||||
| Emirati | 55 (13.1%) | 249 (59.4%) | 106 (25.3%) | 9 (2.1%) | 121 (28.9%) | 242 (57.8%) | 51 (12.2%) | 5 (1.2%) | 213 (50.7%) | 152 (36.2%) | 39 (9.3%) | 16 (3.8%) |
| Non Emirati Arab | 96 (7.8%) | 746 (60.4%) | 366 (29.6%) | 28 (2.3%) | 376 (30.5%) | 623 (58.6%) | 114 (9.2%) | 21 (1.7%) | 710 (57.6%) | 388 (31.5%) | 95 (7.7%) | 40 (3.2%) |
| Non Arab | 36 (10.9%) | 206 (62.2%) | 81 (24.5%) | 8 (2.4%) | 92 (28%) | 205 (62.3%) | 29 (8.8%) | 3 (0.9%) | 153 (46.5%) | 142 (43.2%) | 23 (7%) | 11 (3.3%) |
| P-Value | 0.025 | 0.431 | 0.003 | |||||||||
| City of Residence | ||||||||||||
| Abu Dhabi | 24 (9.1%) | 160 (60.8%) | 68 (25.9%) | 11 (4.2%) | 76 (28.9%) | 148 (56.3%) | 33 (12.5%) | 6 (2.3%) | 135 (51.3%) | 89 (33.8%) | 32 (12.2%) | 7 (2.7%) |
| Dubai | 38 (7.9%) | 312 (64.5%) | 125 (25.8%) | 9 (1.9%) | 135 (28%) | 291 (60.4%) | 53 (11%) | 3 (0.6%) | 249 (51.6%) | 198 (41%) | 24 (5%) | 12 (2.5%) |
| Sharjah | 100 (9.7%) | 609 (59.1%) | 302 (29.3%) | 19 (1.8%) | 326 (31.7%) | 603 (58.6%) | 86 (8.4%) | 14 (1.4%) | 575 (56%) | 332 (32.3%) | 80 (7.8%) | 40 (3.9%) |
| Other Cities | 25 (11.6%) | 123 (56.9%) | 62 (28.7%) | 6 (2.8%) | 58 (26.9%) | 131 (60.6%) | 21 (9.7%) | 6 (2.8%) | 124 (57.7%) | 62 (28.8%) | 21 (9.8%) | 8 (3.7%) |
| P-Value | 0.207 | 0.116 | 0.002 | |||||||||
| Education | ||||||||||||
| High School or less | 65 (13.7%) | 275 (57.8%) | 126 (26.5%) | 10 (2.1%) | 153 (32.2%) | 264 (55.6%) | 48 (10.1%) | 10 (2.1%) | 247 (52.2%) | 159 (33.6%) | 46 (9.7%) | 21 (4.4%) |
| More than High school | 124 (8.2%) | 931 (61.2%) | 431 (28.3%) | 35 (2.3%) | 440 (29%) | 915 (60.3%) | 144 (9.5%) | 19 (1.3%) | 837 (55.1%) | 522 (34.4%) | 113 (7.4%) | 46 (3%) |
| P-Value | 0.005 | 0.206 | 0.164 | |||||||||