Table 2 Level of knowledge about AAS among participants and relationship to sociodemographic factors.

From: Knowledge and attitudes toward the use of anabolic–androgenic steroids among physical education university students: a cross-sectional study from Palestine

 

Median [Q1, Q3]

Uni-variable analysis

Multivariable analysis

p value

Gender

 Male

4.0 [0.0, 6.0]

0.008

0.002

 Female

3.0 [0.0, 5.0]

BMI

 Underweight, BMI is less than 18.5

2.0 [0.0, 4.7]

0.51

 

 Normal weight, BMI is 18.5 to 24.9,

[0.0, 5.0]

 Overweight, BMI is 25 to 29.9

3.0 [0.0, 5.0]

 Obese, BMI is 30 or more

0.0 [0.0, 3.7]

Smoking status

 Smoker

4.0 [0.0, 5.0]

0.54

 

 Nonsmoker

3.0 [0.0, 5.0]

Current residency of student family

 Village

2.5 [0.0, 5.0]

0.01

0.004

 City

3.0 [0.0, 5.0]

 Camp

5.0 [4.0, 7.0]

Place of residence (born and raised)

 West Bank

2.0 [0.0, 5.0]

0.00

0.002

 Jerusalem

4.5 [3.2, 6.0]

 Palestinians living in the occupied area of Palestine

4.0 [1.2, 5.7]

Place of current residence during university study

 Alone in students apartment

0.0 [0.0, 5.0]

0.397

 

 With other students at students apartment

4.0 [2.5, 5.0]

 With the family

3.0 [0.0, 5.0]

Academic level

 Bachelor

3.0 [0.0, 5.0]

0.64

 

 Master

4.0 [1.0, 6.0]

Academic level for bachelor students

 First year

2.0 [0.0, 5.0]

0.276

 

 Second year

[0.0, 5.0]

 The Third year

4.0 [0.0, 5.0]

 Fourth year

2.0 [0.0, 5.0]

Marital status

 Married

4.0 [0.7, 5.2]

0.189

 

 Single or divorced

3.0 [0.0, 5.0]

Monthly salary income

 Low: less than 2000 NIS

2.0 [0.0, 4.0]

0.022

0.114

 Moderate: 2001–5000 NIS

3.0 [0.0, 5.0]

 High: 5001–10,000 NIS

3.0 [0.0, 5.0]

 Very high: more than 10,000 NIS

4.0 [3.0, 5.0]

  1. NIS New Israeli shekel (1 NIS = 0.31; U.S. dollars), BMI body mass index.