Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of demographic and nutritional findings of university students.
| BMI classification | Male | Female | Total | |||
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Underweight | 3 | 1.1 | 36 | 5.0 | 39 | 3.9 |
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| Normal | 169 | 59.5 | 648 | 89.8 | 817 | 81.2 |
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| Overweight | 100 | 35.2 | 35 | 4.8 | 135 | 13.4 |
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| Obese | 12 | 4.2 | 3 | 0.4 | 15 | 1.5 |
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| Age () | 23.31 ± 2.49 | 22.29 ± 2.95 | 22.58 ± 2.87 | |||
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| Department | ||||||
| Health sciences | 155 | 54.6 | 545 | 75.5 | 700 | 69.6 |
| Other sciences | 129 | 45.4 | 177 | 24.5 | 306 | 30.4 |
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| Daily water consumption | ||||||
| 0–1.5 L/d | 33 | 11.6 | 120 | 16.6 | 153 | 15.2 |
| 1.5 < 2 L/d | 96 | 33.8 | 199 | 27.6 | 295 | 29.3 |
| 2 < 2.5 L/d | 93 | 32.7 | 243 | 33.7 | 336 | 33.4 |
| >2.5 L/d | 62 | 21.8 | 160 | 22.2 | 222 | 22.1 |
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| Skipping meal | ||||||
| Yes | 186 | 65.5 | 295 | 40.9 | 481 | 47.8 |
| No | 98 | 34.5 | 427 | 59.1 | 525 | 52.2 |
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| Skipped meal | ||||||
| Breakfast | 90 | 48.4 | 115 | 39.1 | 205 | 42.7 |
| Lunch | 53 | 28.5 | 77 | 26.2 | 130 | 27.1 |
| Dinner | 5 | 2.7 | 18 | 6.1 | 23 | 4.8 |
| Mid-morning | 17 | 9.1 | 48 | 16.3 | 65 | 13.5 |
| Afternoon | 8 | 4.3 | 15 | 5.1 | 23 | 4.8 |
| Night | 13 | 7.0 | 21 | 7.1 | 34 | 7.1 |
The median IPAQ scores of the students consuming 2.5 L/d of water and more [657 (0–10179)] was higher that students consuming 1.5–2 L/d [337.5 (0–10533)] and 0–1.5 L/d [273 (0–8127)] of water (H = 83.166; p < 0.001). The median IPAQ score of students who skipped meals at night [764.5 (0–3450)] was statistically higher compared to those who skipped breakfast [372 (0–10533)] (H = 21.893; p < 0.01).