Key result
Male university students show ~35% obesity prevalence and higher cardiometabolic risk compared to females.
Why the study?
Overweight and obesity have rapidly increased among adolescents and commonly associate with cardiometabolic disease, prompting an evaluation of adiposity and cardiometabolic risk among university students in Saudi Arabia.
Population
310 university students (127 males; 183 females) in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Comparison
Male vs female students
Design
Cross-sectional study
Authors
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May warrant sex-specific screening in Saudi universities; hypothesis-generating for targeted prevention trials.
Cross-Sectional (n=310)
Absolute Event Rate: 34.6% vs 12.6%
p-value: p=< 0.001
There is a high prevalence of adiposity and cardiometabolic risk among university students in Saudi Arabia, with males showing significantly higher risk profiles than females.
Albaker et al. (2021) conducted a cross-sectional in Adiposity and Cardiometabolic Risk (n=310). Male sex vs. Female sex was evaluated on Obesity prevalence (p=< 0.001). Male university students had a significantly higher prevalence of obesity compared to females (34.6% vs 12.6%; p < 0.001) and higher cardiometabolic risk indices.
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