Prevalence of Metabolic Abnormalities and Association with Obesity among Saudi College Students

Table 1

Body composition and metabolic abnormalities among 501 Saudi college students aged 18–26 years.

	Male		Female		Total
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
BMI
<20	68	(18.1)	36	(30.5)	104	(21.1)
20–<25	140	(37.2)	40	(33.9)	180	(36.4)
25–<30	84	(22.3)	24	(20.3)	108	(21.9)
30+	84	(22.4)	18	(15.3)	102	(20.6)
Total	376	100.0	118	100.0	494	100.0
Sex difference	𝜒^2=9.207, df=3, (𝑃=0.027)
Waist circumference, cm
Normal	195	(73.3)	85	(72.6)	280	(73.1)
Obese	71	(26.7)	32	(27.4)	103	(26.9)
Total	266	100.0	117	100.0	383	100.0
Sex difference	𝜒^2=0.018,  df=1, (𝑃=0.089)
Waist-to-height ratio
Normal	140	(53.4)	79	(67.5)	219	(57.8)
Obese	122	(46.6)	38	(32.5)	160	(42.2)
Total	262	100.0	117	100.0	379	100.0
Sex difference	𝜒^2=6.58, df=1, (𝑃=0.01)
Systolic BP, mm Hg
Normal	214	(55.9)	103	(87.3)	317	(63.3)
High	169	(44.1)	15	(12.7)	184	(36.7)
Total	383	100.0	118	100.0	501	100.0
Sex difference	𝜒^2=38.31, df=1, (𝑃<0.001)
Diastolic BP, mm Hg
Normal	344	(89.8)	116	(98.3)	460	(91.8)
High	39	(10.2)	2	(1.7)	41	(8.2)
Total	383	100.0	118	100.0	501	100.0
Sex difference	𝜒^2=8.65,  df=1, (𝑃=0.003)
High BP
Normal	210	(54.8)	102	(86.4)	383	76.4
High	173	(45.2)	16	(13.6)	118	23.6
Total	383	100.0	118	100.0	501	100.0
Sex difference	𝜒^2=38.367, df=1, (𝑃<0.001)
Fasting blood glucose, mmol/L
Normal	274	(75.3)	99	(83.9)	373	(77.4)
High	90	(24.7)	19	(16.1)	109	(22.6)
Total	364	100.0	118	100.0	482	100.0
Sex difference 𝜒^2, 𝑃 value	𝜒^2=3.79,  df=1, (𝑃=0.052)
Cholesterol level
Normal	321	(88.9)	112	(94.9)	433	(90.4)
Borderline	33	(9.1)	5	(4.2)	38	(7.9)
High	7	(2.0)	1	(0.9)	8	(1.7)
Total	361	100.0	118	100.0	479	100.0
Sex difference	𝜒^2=3.684, df=2, (𝑃=0.158)