Research Article
Prevalence of High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease, Thalassemia, Sickle-Cell Anemia, and Iron-Deficiency Anemia among the UAE Adolescent Population
Table 2
Socioeconomic, demographic, residential, and lifestyle profiles of the student participants (
= 6,329).
| | Variables | AUH | Western | Al-Ain | Dubai | Sharjah | Ajman | RAK | Fujairah | UAQ | Total |
| | Sociodemographic | | | | | | | | | | | | Parental marital status (% married) | 88.7 | 92.1 | 88.2 | 88.8 | 87.8 | 88.7 | 86.7 | 85.3 | 88.0 | 88.2 | | Ethnicity** | | | | | | | | | | | | UAE local | 41.6 | 38.3 | 50.4 | 48.1 | 46.9 | 39.0 | 62.6 | 67.8 | 60.3 | 49.3 | | GCC | 7.8 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 11.5 | 3.6 | 12.7 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 5.8 | | Arab/Middle East | 18.7 | 24.2 | 20.5 | 4.8 | 15.7 | 25.5 | 8.0 | 10.2 | 6.8 | 15.7 | | Arab/Africa | 12.2 | 12.1 | 9.7 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 13.1 | 6.6 | 9.4 | 4.1 | 10.0 | | South East Asia | 16.9 | 22.6 | 12.9 | 25.8 | 18.2 | 5.4 | 19.0 | 8.6 | 22.6 | 16.8 | | Western | 2.0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0 | 1.3 | | No nationality | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.3 | | Others | 0.7 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.9 | | % family income < AED15,000** | 63.5 | 79.3 | 77.8 | 80.7 | 71.4 | 90.4 | 78.1 | 75.8 | 80.4 | 74.3 | | Father employment** | | | | | | | | | | | | Government | 47.7 | 55.1 | 51.9 | 42.5 | 34.8 | 55.0 | 48.4 | 52.7 | 39.7 | 46.8 | | Private | 29.4 | 26.9 | 17.2 | 20.3 | 31.0 | 20.3 | 16.3 | 14.1 | 18.2 | 23.2 | | Self-employed | 10.5 | 8.3 | 11.5 | 21.5 | 20.5 | 12.6 | 15.1 | 7.4 | 19.8 | 13.9 | | Unemployed | 10.9 | 9.7 | 16.9 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 18.5 | 23.8 | 22.3 | 14.6 | | Retired | 1.4 | 0 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0 | 1.5 | | % father completed high school** | 72.1 | 61.9 | 53.0 | 49.1 | 66.2 | 55.9 | 41.1 | 46.3 | 35.9 | 57.8 | | Residential crowding (%)** | 52.4 | 54.6 | 59.0 | 70.0 | 64.0 | 69.8 | 60.1 | 60.8 | 76.5 | 60.5 | | % own property** | 36.1 | 42.6 | 52.7 | 53.8 | 47.7 | 36.9 | 74.2 | 71.8 | 70.8 | 51.0 | | Residential | | | | | | | | | | | | Property built prior to 1988 (%)** | 11.1 | 25.3 | 22.4 | 23.1 | 17.4 | 15.2 | 37.8 | 34.2 | 39.1 | 21.8 | | % regular use of pesticides or insecticides* | 70.5 | 73.3 | 75.8 | 73.2 | 67.9 | 68.2 | 72.2 | 76.3 | 77.6 | 72.2 | | % reporting pests in residence** | 53.4 | 57.7 | 62.5 | 60.5 | 51.2 | 55.2 | 70.2 | 73.2 | 66.1 | 59.4 | % near industrial, gas stations, dumpsites, and
construction** | 12.7 | 26.4 | 8.0 | 20.2 | 15.8 | 19.2 | 21.4 | 14.7 | 16.5 | 15.6 | | % near power lines or plants** | 10.8 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 14.8 | 13.6 | 19.9 | 22.6 | 20.0 | 18.5 | 16.1 | | Lifestyle | | | | | | | | | | | | Active smoker (%)** | 15.0 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 16.7 | 8.3 | 12.5 | 7.6 | 14.7 | | Passive smoker (%)** | 40.3 | 43.9 | 45.8 | 37.2 | 40.0 | 33.3 | 31.6 | 38.0 | 23.1 | 39.5 | | Illegal drug use (%) | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | | Nonconventional substance abuse (%) | 31.8 | 22.9 | 25.4 | 27.6 | 34.7 | 27.2 | 24.9 | 29.0 | 42.1 | 29.4 | | Physical activity (mean-types practiced) | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
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