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TableÌý5 Percentage distribution of students under BMI and CGPA categories

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

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Under weight

Normal weight

Over weight

Obesity

CGPA

Low

medium

High

Low

medium

High

Low

medium

High

Low

Medium

High

Rural

36.8

26.3

36.8

34.9

34.9

30.2

15.0

60.0

25.0

75.0

0.0

25.0

Urban

54.6

27.3

18.2

31.0

38.0

31.0

13.0

52.2

34.8

46.2

30.8

23.1

Female

48.5

24.2

27.3

34.4

38.7

26.9

14.8

55.6

29.6

57.1

21.4

21.4

Male

33.3

44.4

22.2

29.3

31.7

39.0

11.8

52.9

35.3

57.1

14.3

28.6

Married

33.3

33.3

33.3

26.1

47.8

26.1

0.0

50.0

50.0

60.0

20.0

20.0

Single

46.2

28.2

25.6

34.2

34.2

31.5

16.7

55.6

27.8

56.3

18.8

25.0

Nuclear Family

47.4

31.6

21.1

33.3

34.9

31.8

5.9

64.7

29.4

57.1

14.3

28.6

Joint Family

50.0

14.3

35.7

23.8

52.4

23.8

14.3

35.7

50.0

40.0

40.0

20.0

Extended fam

33.3

44.4

22.2

50.0

16.7

33.3

23.1

61.5

15.4

0.00

100.0

0.0

Low income

50.0

30.0

20.0

41.5

37.8

20.7

23.1

65.4

11.5

64.3

14.3

21.4

Middle

37.5

25.0

37.5

17.1

37.1

45.7

0.00

33.3

66.7

50.0

33.3

16.7

High income

50.0

33.3

16.7

23.5

29.4

47.1

0.00

50.0

50.0

0.00

0.00

100.0

17–20Ìýyears

46.7

6.7

46.7

52.8

27.8

19.4

25.0

50.0

25.0

75.0

25.0

0.00

21–24Ìýyears

46.2

42.3

11.5

25.9

41.2

32.9

10.7

60.7

28.6

45.5

18.2

36.4

Overall

45.2

28.6

26.2

32.8

36.6

30.6

13.6

54.6

31.8

57.1

19.1

23.8

  1. Source: Authors calculations from the survey data