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. 2017 Nov 22;17:116. doi: 10.1186/s12905-017-0475-y

Table 2.

Participants History of Disease, Physical activity, Prevalence of Dietary Supplements

Parameters Dietary Supplement Use P-values
Yes No
Age (in Years) 0.234
 19–22 206 (73.6) 74 (26.4)
 22–24 97 (77.6) 28 (22.4)
 24–26 41 (78.8) 11 (21.2)
 Higher than 26 65 (84.4) 12 (15.6)
Family Income (in Saudi Riyals) 0.135
 Less than 5000 40 (70.2) 17 (29.8)
 5000–10,000 131 (82.4) 28 (17.6)
 10,000–16,000 114 (77.0) 34 (23.0)
 Higher than 16,000 124 (72.9) 46 (27.1)
Marital Status 0.171
 Married 110 (80.9) 26 (19.1)
 Single 299 (75.1) 99 (24.9)
BMI Status 0.227
 Normal 244 (75.1) 81 (24.9)
 Overweight 113 (76.4) 35 (23.6)
 Obese 52 (85.2) 9 (14.8)
The Academic Track 0.164
 Scientific and Medical 251 (78.7) 68 (21.3)
 Humanities 158 (73.5) 57 (26.5)
Education Level 0.002
 3rd – 5th Level 167 (70.8) 69 (29.2)
 6th – 8th Level 156 (77.6) 45 (22.4)
  > 8th Level 86 (88.7) 11 (11.3)
Health Problems 0.095
 Vitamin D deficiency 76 (90.5) 8 (9.5)
 Other Disease 76 (81.7) 17 (18.3)
Physical Activity 0.008
 Physical Activity (Yes) 314 (79.5) 81 (20.5)
 Resistance Exercise + Walking (Yes) 256 (79.5) 66 (20.5) 0.050
 Walk (Yes) 211 (79.0) 56 (21.0) 0.184
 Resistance Exercise (Yes) 45 (81.8) 10 (18.2) 0.334
 Swimming (Yes) 41 (78.8) 11 (21.2) 0.686
 Dance (Yes) 29 (80.6) 7 (19.4) 0.561

Note: Data presented as frequencies (%)