Table 1. Characteristics of medical students and their relationships to participation in extracurricular activities (EAs), (N=237).
| Variable | Participated in EAs, N=143 | Did NOT Participate in EAs, N=94 | p value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | ||||
| Gender | 0.037 | ||||
| Male (n=113) | 76 (67.3) | 37 (32.7) | |||
| Female (n=124) | 67 (54.0) | 57 (46.0) | |||
| Academic year | 0.474 | ||||
| Second-year (n=128) | 74 (57.8) | 54 (42.2) | |||
| Third-year (n=109) | 68 (62.4) | 41 (37.6) | |||
| Nationality | 0.000 | ||||
| Saudi (n=114) | 52 (45.6) | 62 (54.4) | |||
| Non-Saudi (n=123) | 90 (73.2) | 33 (26.8) | |||
| Cumulative grade point average (cGPA) | |||||
| >3.0/4.0 (n=195) | 129 (66.2) | 66 (33.8) | 0.000 | ||
| ≤3.0/4.0 (n=42) | 13 (31.0) | 29 (69.0) | |||
*Two-tailed chi-square test was used to correlate between participation in EAs and medical students’ characteristics (gender, academic year, nationality and cGPA)