Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants (N = 457).

From: The severity of dry eye symptoms and risk factors among university students in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Frequency

Percentage

Gender

Male

229

50.1%

Female

228

49.9%

College

Medicine Colleges

278

60.8%

Science and engineering colleges

70

15.3%

Shari'ah and administration colleges

59

12.9%

Colleges of humanities and educational sciences

50

10.9%

Age (mean ± SD)

Ā 

22.2 ± 2

  1. SD Standard deviation.