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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the variables

From: Obesity among college students in Oman: implications for health and academic performance

Variable

Observations

Mean

SD

Range

Skewness

Kurtosis

C-Alpha

CGPA

282

2.49

1.05

0–3.94

−1.41

4.19

0.710

Weight in KG

282

61.01

39.45

24–141

13.00

168.97

0.728

Height in CM

282

159.27

11.28

120–189

0.61

4.57

0.695

Age in completed years

280

22.12

2.75

17–38

1.75

9.82

0.723

Household size

281

8.32

3.32

1–25

0.76

6.13

0.735

BMI

281

23.04

5.7

11.25–57.2

13.68

212.79

0.710

Parent average income

280

814.58

558.52

500–4000

0.64

2.42

0.698

Categorical variables

Variables

Categories

Numbers

Percentage

Location

Rural

125

44.33

Urban

157

55.67

Gender

Female

249

87.68

Male

35

12.32

Marital Status

Single

229

80.63

Married

55

19.37

BMI

Underweight

46

16.37

Normal weight

159

56.58

Overweight

46

16.37

Obesity

30

10.68

CGPA categories

Low CGPA

96

33.47

Moderate CGPA

105

37.19

High CGPA

81

29.34

Obesity-related disease

Yes

24

8.51

No

258

91.49

  1. Source: Authors calculations from the survey data