Table 2.

Definition of cholesterol as reported by male and female students in the Alkhobar area.

Definition	Males		Females		P value
	No.	%	No.	%
A type of saturated fat	514	42.2	816	61.3	<0.001
A type of unsaturated fat	56	4.6	64	4.8	NS
A type of animal fat	81	6.6	57	4.3	0.008
A type of protein	25	2.1	48	3.6	0.019
A type of carbohydrate	67	5.5	22	1.7	0.00001
Others	0	0	7.5	0.5	0.016
Don’t know	476	39.0	317	23.8	0.00001
Total	1219	100.0	1331	100.0

NS, not statistically significant