|
Variables
|
Females
|
Males
|
Total
|
|---|
|
Number of students
|
N =174
|
N =69
|
N =243
|
|
Age (Years)
|
20.4 ± 1.7*
|
21.3 ± 2.4*
|
20.6 ± 2.0
|
|
Weight (Kg)
|
64.1 ± 12.7*
|
84.2 ± 17.0*
|
69.8 ± 16.7
|
|
Height (cm)
|
162.9 ± 6.6*
|
176.0 ± 6.7*
|
166.8 ± 9.1
|
|
BMI (kg/m
2
)
|
23.4 ± 3.9*
|
26.1 ± 4.9*
|
24.2 ± 4.4
|
|
Body fat (%)
|
26.8 ± 6.9*
|
16.6 ± 8.1*
|
23.9 ± 8.6
|
|
Visceral fat score
|
1.9 ± 1.8*
|
3.7 ± 4.2*
|
2.4 ± 2.8
|
|
Waist circumference (cm)
|
81.0 ± 9.7*
|
91.2 ± 11.0*
|
83.6 ± 11.0
|
|
Major of study (%)
| | | |
|
Health science**
|
58%*
|
36%*
|
51%
|
|
Non-health science
|
42%*
|
64%*
|
49%
|
|
Year in school (%)
| | | |
|
1st-year undergraduate
|
14%
|
15%
|
15%
|
|
2nd-year undergraduate
|
27%
|
21%
|
25%
|
|
3rd-year undergraduate
|
27%
|
25%
|
27%
|
|
4th-year undergraduate
|
19%
|
19%
|
19%
|
|
5th-year undergraduate
|
13%
|
19%
|
15%
|
|
Ethnicity (%)
| | | |
|
White (Hispanic & Non-hispanic)
|
91%
|
86%
|
89%
|
|
Black (Hispanic & Non-hispanic)
|
9%
|
10%
|
10%
|
|
Other
|
0%
|
4%
|
1%
|
|
Family history of chronic disease (%)***
| | | |
|
Heart Disease
|
10%*
|
20%*
|
13%
|
|
Diabetes
|
23%
|
25%
|
23%
|
|
Hypertension
|
39%
|
41%
|
41%
|
|
Cancer
|
12%
|
61%
|
26%
|
|
Others****
|
44%*
|
21%*
|
38%
|
|
Smoking habit (%)
| | | |
|
Non- smoker
|
93%*
|
80%*
|
89%
|
|
Current smoker
|
3.5%
|
12%
|
6%
|
|
Former smoker
|
3.5%
|
9%
|
5%
|
- *p < 0.05 (between male and female students).
- **Health Science majors include: Exercise Science, Health Administration; Health Fitness in Preventive and Rehabilitative Programs, Public Health Education and Health Promotion, School Health Education, Exercise Science, Personal and Community Health, Substance Abuse Education, Prevention, Intervention and Treatment.
- ***Total% exceeds 100% due to students with a family history of more than one condition.
- ****Other - includes the “other” family history questions in the data such as family history of overweight, obesity, and high cholesterol.
