Research Article

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

Table 2

Prevalence of individual metabolic abnormalities and the association between these abnormalities and different indicators of obesity among 501 Saudi college students aged 18–26 years.

High SBPHigh DBPOverall HBPHigh fasting blood glucose levelsAbnormal cholesterol levels3+ risk factors
Prev. ( , %)ORPrev. ( , %)ORPrev. ( , %)ORPrev. ( , %)ORPrev. ( , %)ORPrev. ( , %)OR

BMI levels (kg/m2)
 <2014(13.9)1@0(—)1@14(13.9)1@17(17.9)1@5(5.3)1@0(—)1@
 20–<2557(33.3)3.1114(8.2)9.0159(34.5)3.2745(26.8)1.6810(6.0)1.151(0.6)0.57
 25–<3049(46.7)5.339(8.6)9.5751(48.6)5.7519(18.3)1.047(6.7)1.3110(9.8)10.22
 30+55(55.6)7.9116(16.2)19.2456(56.6)8.2426(28.0)1.7524(26.1)6.2624(26.4)32.82
, value43.12, ( )15.316, ( )43.34, ( )0.855, ( )21.33, ( )54.01, ( )

WC quartiles
 <Q111(11.7)1@1(1.1)1@11(11.7)1@18(19.4)1@4(4.3)1@0(—)1@
 <Q222(26.2)2.686(7.1)7.1524(28.6)3.0221(24.7)1.395(6.0)1.431(1.2)1.15
 <Q340(40.4)5.125(5.1)4.9541(41.4)5.3321(20.8)1.117(6.9)1.667(7.2)7.23
 ≥Q355(57.3)10.1210(10.4)10.8155(57.3)10.1230(31.3)1.9217(17.7)4.7921(22.6)27.12
, value47.69, ( )5.824, ( )46.405, ( )2.6, ( )9.79, ( )33.85, ( )

WHtR quartiles
 <Q113(14.0)1@3(3.2)1@13(14.0)1@18(19.1)1@3(3.2)1@1(1.1)1@
 <Q226(28.9)2.503(3.3)1.0327(30.0)2.6422(24.7)1.396(6.8)2.221(1.1)1.07
 <Q338(41.3)4.336(6.5)2.0940(43.5)4.7320(22.0)1.197(7.8)2.569(10.0)10.48
 ≥Q350(54.9)7.509(9.9)3.2950(54.9)7.5025(26.9)1.5517(18.3)6.7917(18.9)21.42
, value37.05, ( )4.521, ( )37.267, ( )1.112, ( )12.099, ( )24.344, ( )

@reference categories for each risk variable.