Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics, health-related conditions and voice symptoms of 40 college students

		Female (n=22)				Male (n=18)
Variable		N		%		N		%
Lifestyle habits
Smoking (yes)		0		0		1		6
Alcohol consumption (yes)		17		77		14		78
No consumption of coffee (0/week)		7		32		8		44
Sporadic consumption of coffee (≤ 5/week)		10		45		5		28
Frequently consumption of coffee (≥ 6/week)		5		23		5		28
Health-related conditions
Cold (yes)		18		82		10		56
Laryngitis (yes)		4		18		1		6
Respiratory (yes)		11		50		10		56
Sinus (yes)		11		50		3		17
Gastritis (yes)		3		14		6		33
Gastroesophageal Reflux (yes)		9		41		10		56
Self-reported hearing impairment (yes)		1		5		2		11
Voice symptoms and vocal fry
Voice symptoms last year (yes)		13		59		5		28
Voice symptoms last month (yes)		6		27		4		22
Voice symptoms today (yes)		3		14		2		11
Self-reported Vocal fry (yes)		4		18		1		6