Table 1.
Frequency and distribution of the socio-demographic characteristics of 729 attendees of PHCs in Jazan, Saudi Arabia, and classification according to reported hair loss
| Variables | Participants reporting hair loss | Participants reporting no hair loss | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole sample (n=729) | 483 | 66.3% | 246 | 33.7% | |
| Gender | 123 | 25.5% | 143 | 58.1% | <0.001 |
| Male | 360 | 74.5% | 103 | 41.9% | |
| Female | |||||
| Age* | 229 | 47.6% | 159 | 64.9% | <0.001 |
| <30 | 252 | 52.4% | 86 | 35.1% | |
| 30 or older | |||||
| Nationality | 468 | 96.6% | 240 | 97.6% | 0.661 |
| Saudi | 15 | 3.1% | 6 | 2.4% | |
| Non-Saudi | |||||
| Educational Level | 26 | 5.4% | 11 | 4.5% | 0.008 |
| Primary | 25 | 5.2% | 7 | 2.8% | |
| Secondary | 87 | 18% | 70 | 28.5% | |
| Intermediate | 52 | 72.2% | 20 | 8.1% | |
| Diploma | 274 | 56.7% | 135 | 54.9% | |
| Bachelor | 19 | 3.9% | 3 | 1.2% | |
| Postgraduate | |||||
| Marital status | 192 | 39.8% | 134 | 54.5% | 0.001 |
| Single | 253 | 52.4% | 100 | 40.7% | |
| Married | 25 | 5.2% | 10 | 4.1% | |
| Divorced | 13 | 2.7% | 2 | 0.8% | |
| Widow | |||||
| Occupation | 127 | 26.3% | 97 | 39.4% | <0.001 |
| Student | 170 | 35.2% | 75 | 30.5% | |
| Governmental employee | 25 | 5.2% | 17 | 6.9% | |
| Private sector employee | 69 | 14.3% | 33 | 13.4% | |
| Unemployed | 92 | 19% | 24 | 9.8% | |
| Housewife | |||||
| BMI* | 31 | 6.4% | 33 | 13.4% | <0.001 |
| Under weight | 230 | 47.7% | 129 | 52.4% | |
| Normal | 123 | 25.5% | 56 | 22.8% | |
| Over weight | 98 | 20.3% | 28 | 11.4% | |
| Obese |
*Three missing values for age, and one missing value for BMI level