Table 1.
Participant Characteristics
| Characteristics | Participants | |
|---|---|---|
| N | % | |
| Total | 951 | 100 |
| Age (years) | ||
| 15–25 | 161 | 17 |
| 26–40 | 412 | 43.5 |
| 41–55 | 261 | 27.5 |
| 56–70 | 109 | 11.5 |
| >70 | 5 | 0.5 |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 467 | 49.1 |
| Male | 484 | 50.9 |
| Education | ||
| High school or less | 244 | 25.7 |
| Bachelor | 600 | 63.1 |
| Masters or PhD | 107 | 11.3 |
| Occupation | ||
| Not currently working | 428 | 45 |
| Government sector | 222 | 23.3 |
| Military | 30 | 3.2 |
| Private sector | 271 | 28.5 |
| Income | ||
| <5000 SR | 371 | 39 |
| 5000–15,000 SR | 342 | 36 |
| >15,000 SR | 238 | 25 |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 275 | 28.9 |
| Married | 613 | 64.5 |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 63 | 6.6 |
| Presence of kidney disease | ||
| Yes | 89 | 9.4 |
| No | 808 | 85 |
| Do not know | 54 | 5.7 |
| Presence of Diabetes | ||
| Yes | 127 | 13.4 |
| No | 824 | 86.6 |
| Presence of HTN | ||
| Yes | 197 | 20.7 |
| No | 754 | 79.3 |
| Presence of Heart Disease | ||
| Yes | 35 | 3.7 |
| No | 916 | 96.3 |
| Presence of Stroke | ||
| Yes | 11 | 1.2 |
| No | 940 | 98.8 |
| Health care worker in the family | ||
| Yes | 445 | 46.8 |
| No | 506 | 53.2 |
| Family History of kidney failure | ||
| Yes | 200 | 21 |
| No | 751 | 79 |
| Presence of Osteoarthritis | ||
| Yes | 170 | 17.9 |
| No | 781 | 82.1 |
| Smoker | ||
| Yes | 218 | 22.9 |
| No | 599 | 63 |
| Passive smoker | 72 | 7.6 |
| Ex-smoker | 62 | 6.5 |
| Physical activity | ||
| None | 484 | 50.9 |
| <150 minutes/week | 332 | 34.9 |
| >150 minutes/week | 135 | 14.2 |
| Use of pain killers | ||
| Yes | 197 | 20.7 |
| No | 754 | 79.3 |
| Use of herbal medicines | ||
| Yes | 234 | 24.6 |
| No | 717 | 75.4 |