Research Article
Prevalence of High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease, Thalassemia, Sickle-Cell Anemia, and Iron-Deficiency Anemia among the UAE Adolescent Population
Table 1
Distribution and demographic profile of the sample of UAE adolescent participants that reside in the United Arab Emirates (
= 6,329).
| | Sample | Emirate of Abu Dhabi |
Dubai |
Sharjah |
Ajman |
RAK | Fujairah |
UAQ |
Total | | Abu Dhabi | Western | Al-Ain |
| | Private schools— (%) | 11 (69) | 5 (100) | 6 (86) | 2 (9) | 10 (71) | 2 (40) | 3 (50) | 3 (60) | 2 (67) | 44 (61) | | Public schools— (%) | 9 (75) | 3 (100) | 11 (92) | 6 (75) | 7 (70) | 3 (75) | 6 (86) | 5 (100) | 2 (50) | 52 (80) | | Student participants attending public schools— (%) | 756 (52) | 192 (51) | 956 (75) | 432 (73) | 516 (44) | 180 (68) | 459 (68) | 394 (76) | 111 (76) | 3996 (62) | | Local— (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | M | 153 (26) | 67 (48) | 236 (37) | 168 (60) | 250 (47) | 54 (53) | 190 (47) | 129 (37) | 1 (1) | 1248 (40) | | F | 442 (74) | 72 (52) | 398 (63) | 112 (40) | 285 (53) | 47 (47) | 216 (53) | 218 (63) | 87 (99) | 1877 (60) | | Expat— (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | M | 389 (47) | 158 (71) | 392 (64) | 160 (53) | 224 (37) | 47 (31) | 107 (44) | 65 (40) | 13 (22) | 1555 (49) | | F | 446 (53) | 66 (27) | 222 (36) | 142 (47) | 381 (63) | 111 (70) | 136 (56) | 100 (61) | 45 (78) | 1649 (51) | | Mean age (SD)—years | 16.0 (1.3) | 16.1 (1.2) | 16.3 (1.2) | 16.2 (1.1) | 16.1 (1.2) | 16.2 (1.2) | 16.3 (1.3) | 16.1 (1.1) | 16.3 (1.2) | 16.2 (1.2) | | Total— (%) | 1430 (23) | 363 (6) | 1248 (20) | 582 (9) | 1140 (18) | 259 (4) | 649 (10) | 512 (8) | 146 (2) | 6329 (100) | | Secondary students in the UAE† (%) | 25 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100 |
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RAK: Ras al-Khaimah; UAQ: Umm al-Quwain.
†Based on student enrolment data from the UAE Ministry of Education, Statistics Department (2005–2007).
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