Table 2 Comparison between the four countries regarding baseline characteristics and Knowledge level (n = 8191)
Egypt n = 2483 | Saudi Arabia n = 1895 | Syria n = 1703 | Jordan n = 2110 | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (yrs.)a | Mean ± SD | 22.0 ± 3.6 | 22.4 ± 5.2 | 21.2 ± 3.5 | 20.7 ± 3.2 | < 0.001 |
Sexa | Male | 897(36.1) | 801(42.3) | 642(37.7) | 513(24.3) | < 0.001 |
Female | 1586(63.9) | 1094(57.7) | 1061(62.3) | 1597(75.7) | ||
BMIa | Mean ± SD | 24.6 ± 5.1 | 26.1 ± 6 | 23.2 ± 4.7 | 23.9 ± 5.4 | < 0.001 |
Educationa | Un Educated | 73(2.9) | 106(5.6) | 93(5.5) | 87(4.1) | < 0.001 |
Educated | 2410(97.1) | 1789(94.4) | 1610(94.5) | 2023(95.9) | ||
living with parents | Yes | 1970(79.3) | 1599(84.4) | 1462(85.8) | 1877(89.0) | < 0.001 |
No | 513(20.7) | 296(15.6) | 241(14.2) | 233(11.0) | ||
Reading nutrition article | Yes | 1424(57.3) | 1126(59.4) | 965(56.7) | 1258(59.6) | 0.152 |
No | 1059(42.7) | 769(40.6) | 738(43.3) | 852(40.4) | ||
knowledge Level | Unsatisfactory | 1795(72.3) | 1380(72.8) | 1281(75.2) | 1531(72.6) | 0.164 |
Satisfactory | 688(27.7) | 515(27.2) | 422(24.8) | 579(27.4) |