Research Article
Shisha Smoking Habit among Dental School Students in the United Arab Emirates: Enabling Factors and Barriers
Table 6
Prevalence rate of ever smoked shisha stratified by grade and sex.
| | Total | Ever smoked shisha | % | 95% confidence interval | | N | N |
| Female | | | | | 0.002 | First and second grade | 131 | 40 | 30.5 | (22.6 to 38.4) | | Third and fourth grade | 121 | 21 | 17.4 | (10.6 to 24.1) | | Fifth and sixth grade | 78 | 31 | 39.7 | (28.9 to 50.6) | | Total female | 330 | 92 | 27.9 | (23 to 32.7) | | Male | | | | | 0.12 (NS) | First and second grade | 29 | 27 | 93.1 | (83.9 to 102.3) | | Third and fourth grade | 20 | 15 | 75.0 | (56 to 94) | | Fifth and sixth grade | 18 | 13 | 72.2 | (51.5 to 92.9) | | Total male | 67 | 55 | 82.1 | (72.9 to 91.3) | |
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(chi-square) for male-female differences is <0.00. |