Research Article
Determinants and Prevalence of Tobacco Smoking among Medical Students at Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
Table 1
Comparison of students’ demographics according to smoking status.
| | Characteristics | Smoker | Nonsmoker | Total | value (chi-square test) |
| | Total sample | 44 (12.4%) | 310 (87.6%) | 354 | | | Gender | | | | | | Male | 34 (18.6%) | 149 (81.4%) | 183 | <0.001 | | Female | 10 (5.9%) | 161 (94.1%) | 171 | | Year of study | | | | | | 1 | 10 (15.9%) | 53 (84.1%) | 63 | 0.6 | | 2 | 9 (8.6%) | 96 (91.4%) | 105 | | 3 | 14 (15.1%) | 79 (84.9%) | 93 | | 4 | 6 (11.5%) | 46 (88.5%) | 52 | | 5 | 5 (12.2%) | 36 (87.8%) | 41 | | GPA out of 5.00 | | | | | | Less than 2.00 | 1 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 1 | 0.011 | | 2.00 to 2.74 | 7 (33.3%) | 14 (66.7%) | 21 | | 2.75–3.74 | 11 (11.1%) | 88 (88.9%) | 99 | | 3.75–4.49 | 17 (11.8%) | 127 (88.2%) | 144 | | 4.50–5.00 | 8 (9%) | 81 (91%) | 89 |
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