Table 1: Baseline characteristics of study participants.
| Variables | All 193 |
Males 87 (45.1%) |
Females 106 (54.9%) |
P value for difference between sexes |
| Age (yr) | 20.56 ± 1.85 | 21.20 ± 1.59 | 20.05 ± 1.89 | < 0.001 |
| Height (cm) | 169.06 ± 9.53 | 176.66 ± 6.25 | 162.82 ± 6.86 | < 0.001 |
| Weight (Kg) | 67.09 ± 14.90 | 78.18 ± 12.37 | 57.98 ± 9.75 | < 0.001 |
| BMI (Kg/m2) | 23.31 ± 3.98 | 25.05 ± 3.68 | 21.89 ± 3.65 | < 0.001 |
| BMI categories ≤ 18.5 (Kg/m2) |
6.2% |
2.3% |
9.4% |
< 0.001* |
| 18.5-25 (Kg/m2) | 64.8% | 51.7% | 75.5% | |
| 25-30 (Kg/m2) | 24.9% | 41.4% | 11.3% | |
| > 30 (Kg/m2) | 4.1% | 4.6% | 3.8% | |
| Type of education Public university Private university |
94 (48.7%) 99 (51.3%) |
44 (50.6%) 43 (49.4%) |
50 (47.2%) 56 (52.8%) |
0.638 |
| Currently Employed Yes No |
47 (24.6) 144 (75.4%) |
27 (31.4%) 59 (68.6%) |
20 (19%) 85 (81%) |
0.049 |
| Region of main residence Nicosia Larnaca Limassol Paphos Famagusta |
34 (17.6%) 75 (38.9%) 65 (33.7%) 4 (2.1%) 15 (7.8%) |
20 (23%) 34 (39.1%) 22 (25.3%) 2 (2.3%) 9 (10.3%) |
14 (13.2%) 41 (38.7%) 43 (40.6%) 2 (1.9%) 6 (5.7%) |
0.121* |
Data are presented as mean ± SD and categorical variables as percentages in parentheses. *Shows p value for trend.