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Table 1 Participants’ Demographic Characteristics

From: Public knowledge of dehydration and fluid intake practices: variation by participants’ characteristics

Demographics

Statistics n = 393

Age (mean ± SD)

32.32 ± 8.78

Gender n (%)

 Female

209(53.18)

 Male

184(46.82)

BMI (mean ± SD)

20.08 ± 4.96

Education Level (highest) n(%)

 Primary & Secondary

16(4.07)

 Diploma

122(31.04)

 University

255(64.89)

Monthly Income (Saudi Riyals) n(%)

  < 3000

118(30.03)

  ≥ 3000–4900

52(13.23)

 5000–8999

93(23.66)

  ≥ 9000- 14,999

79(20.10)

  ≥ 15,000

51(12.98)

Occupation n(%)

 Professionals

123(31.3)

 Clerical Support/ Sales Workers

88(22.4)

 Housewife

60(15.3)

 Managers

44(11.2)

 Students

36(9.2)

 Armed forces

23(5.9)

 Technicians

18(4.6)

Nationality n(%)

 Saudi

273(69.6)

 Non- Saudi

120(30.5)

Reported Chronic Health Conditions n(%)

 High blood pressure

54(13.74)

 Diabetes mellitus

26(6.62)

 Kidney stones

16(4.07)

 Heart disease

5(1.27)