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. 2021 May;42(5):526–536. doi: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.5.20200684

Table 1.

- Sociodemographic characteristics and anthropometric measurements of Saudi males and females in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia.

Characteristics Males (n=968) Females (n=2029) P-value
Age (years) <0.07
30- 39 435 (44.9) 838 (41.3)
40- 49 275 (28.4) 577 (28.4)
50- 59 151 (15.6) 392 (19.3)
60- 75 107 (11.1) 222 (10.9)
Participants education <0.01
Secondary & below 254 (26.2) 1153 (56.8)
University & above 714 (73.8) 876 (43.2)
Spouse education (n=2749) <0.01
Intermediate & below 392 (45.3) 1122 (59.6)
University & above 474 (54.7) 761 (40.4)
Participants occupation <0.01
Working 852 (88.0) 858 (42.3)
Not working 116 (12.0) 1171 (57.7)
Spouse occupation (n=2749) <0.01
Working 632 (73.0) 1322 (70.2)
Not working 234 (27.0) 561 (29.8)
Housing type <0.01
Traditional Arabic house 51 (5.3) 273 (13.5)
Apartment 341 (35.2) 474 23.4)
Villa 576 (59.5) 1280 (63.1)
Monthly income SAR (n=2661) <0.01
≤10,000 320 (33.9) 986 (57.4)
>10,000 623 (66.1) 732 (42.6)
Current smoker <0.01
Yes 268 (27.7) 44 (2.2)
No 700 (72.3) 1985 (97.8)
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P-values calculated to measure significant difference between men and women using the Chi-square test