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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of medical students

From: Assessment of pattern for consumption and awareness regarding energy drinks among medical students

Serial number

Variables

Energy drinks user N = 350

Energy drinks non-users N = 516

P value

1.

Gender

   

  1. Male

122 (48.8%)

130 (51.6%)

0.002

  2. Female

228 (37.1%)

386 (62.9%)

2.

Name of colleges

   

A: Dow Medical College

89 (42.4%)

121 (57.6%)

<0.01

B: Sindh Medical College

60 (29.0%)

147 (71.0%)

C: Liaquat National Medical College

105 (41.8%)

146 (58.2%)

D: Jinnah Medical College

96 (48.5%)

102 (51.5%)

3.

Year of study

   

1st year

49 (49.0%)

51 (51.0%)

0.189

2nd year

110 (42.5%)

149 (57.5%)

3rd year

108 (39.7%)

164 (60.3%)

 

4th year

77 (35.2%)

142 (64.8%)

 

5th year

6 (37.5%)

10 (62.5%)

 
  1. Medical students study of Dow, Sindh, Jinnah and Liaquat National Medical College, Karachi Pakistan 2012.
  2. Threshold of significance is <0.05.
  3. All significant values were in bold letters.