Table 1 Demographics and characteristics of the participants.
Variable N (%) | Health science college (N = 8452) | Non-health science college (N = 4154) | Total (N = 12,606) | p-value * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | < 0.001 | |||
≤ 20 years | 2940 (34.8) | 1603 (38.6) | 4543 (36) | |
> 20 years | 5512 (65.2) | 2551 (61.4) | 8063 (64) | |
Gender | < 0.001 | |||
Male | 2943 (34.8) | 1697 (40.9) | 4640 (36.8) | |
Female | 5509 (65.2) | 2457 (59.1) | 7966 (63.2) | |
Country of Residence | < 0.001 | |||
Algeria | 432 (5.1) | 301 (7.2) | 733 (5.8) | |
Bahrain | 335 (4.0) | 443 (10.7) | 778 (6.2) | |
Egypt | 946 (11.2) | 310 (7.5) | 1256 (10.0) | |
Ghana | 395 (4.7) | 314 (7.6) | 709 (5.6) | |
India | 536 (6.3) | 298 (7.2) | 834 (6.6) | |
Iraq | 570 (6.7) | 153 (3.7) | 723 (5.7) | |
Jordan | 522 (6.2) | 273 (6.6) | 795 (6.3) | |
Libya | 592 (7.0) | 520 (12.5) | 1112 (8.8) | |
Morocco | 339 (4.0) | 285 (6.9) | 624 (5.0) | |
Pakistan | 452 (5.3) | 177 (4.3) | 629 (5.0) | |
Palestine | 464 (5.5) | 145 (3.5) | 609 (4.8) | |
Saudi Arabia | 360 (4.3) | 262 (6.3) | 622 (4.9) | |
Sudan | 955 (11.3) | 176 (4.2) | 1131 (9.0) | |
Syria | 695 (8.2) | 104 (2.5) | 799 (6.3) | |
Turkey | 464 (5.5) | 176 (4.2) | 640 (5.1) | |
Yemen | 395 (4.7) | 217 (5.2) | 612 (4.9) | |
Original Residence | 0.714 | |||
Rural | 1678 (19.9) | 837 (20.1) | 2515 (20.0) | |
Urban | 6774 (80.1) | 3317 (79.9) | 10091 (80.0) | |
Type of University | < 0.001 | |||
Governmental | 5855 (69.3) | 3151 (75.9) | 9006 (71.4) | |
International | 179 (2.1) | 154 (3.7) | 333 (2.6) | |
Private | 2418 (28.6) | 849 (20.4) | 3267 (25.9) | |
History of congenital or chronic diseases | 0.354 | |||
Yes | 807 (9.5) | 419 (10.1) | 1226 (9.7) | |
No | 7645 (90.5) | 3735 (89.9) | 11380 (90.3) | |
