Table 2.
Comparison of characteristics across categories of Quran memorization in a sample of older men (age ≥ 55 years; n = 400) from Al-Qassim Saudi Arabia.
| Variable | Sections of Quran memorization |
Trend p value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <0.5 (n = 85) | 0.5–1 (n = 122) | 2–4 (n = 89) | 5–9 (n = 50) | 10–30 (n = 54) | ||
| Age (years) | 63.1 ± 7.7 | 62.0 ± 6.0 | 64.1 ± 8.8 | 62.8 ± 7.1 | 62.6 ± 7.2 | 0.90 |
| Body mass index | 29.1 ± 4.6 | 28.8 ± 5.1 | 28.1 ± 4.7 | 29.2 ± 4.8 | 28.8 ± 4.4 | 0.89 |
| Employed (%) | 25.9 | 37.7 | 39.3 | 30.0 | 40.7 | 0.20 |
| Eating at restaurant (%) | 36.5 | 35.2 | 29.2 | 40.0 | 37.0 | 0.88 |
| Smoking (%) | <0.0001 | |||||
| Current | 22.4 | 10.7 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.9 | |
| Past | 23.5 | 13.1 | 16.9 | 4.0 | 7.4 | |
| Daily walk (%) | 44.7 | 54.9 | 57.3 | 70.0 | 50.0 | 0.14 |
| Economic status (%) Upper middle class/rich |
35.3 | 41.8 | 57.3 | 58.0 | 51.9 | 0.004 |