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Shaun Sabico

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor and Deputy Director

كلية العلوم
Chair for Biomarkers of Chronic Diseases, Biochemistry Department, College of Science, KSU
المنشورات
مقال فى مجلة
2014

Perceived stress scores among Saudi students entering universities: a prospective study during the first year of university life

In this prospective study we wanted to determine whether perceived stress over time among students in the Preparatory Year of King Saud University (KSU) predisposes them to cardiometabolic abnormalities. A total of 110 apparently healthy Saudi students (35 men and 75 women enrolled during the 2010-2011 academic year) were included. Perceived stress was determined at baseline and 1 year later. Anthropometrics were obtained and morning fasting serum glucose, lipid profile and cortisol were measured at both times. Perceived stress was noted among 48.2% of subjects at baseline and was not significantly different after follow-up, with 45.4% scoring high. In men, the prevalence of perceived stress was 48.6% at baseline (13 out of 35) and 37.1% at follow-up (13 out of 35), while in women it was 48% at baseline and 49.3% at follow-up. Interestingly, significant improvements in the blood pressure and lipid profiles, with the exception of HDL-cholesterol, were observed in both men and women, while fasting glucose also improved in women. Serum cortisol was inversely associated to fasting glucose, and total- and LDL-cholesterol (p-values 0.007, 0.04 and 0.04, respectively). These data are opposite to findings in students entering Western universities, in whom increasing stress and a deteriorating cardiometabolic profile have been repeatedly noted. Perceived stress and morning cortisol levels among students of the Preparatory Year in KSU remained constant for both genders over time, yet an improved cardiometabolic profile was observed, suggesting good adaptation among our pre-college students in their first year of university life.

نوع عمل المنشور
Prospective
رقم المجلد
11
رقم الانشاء
4
مجلة/صحيفة
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2014
الصفحات
3972-81
مزيد من المنشورات
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Hyperglycemia associated with prediabetes (PD) alters NLRP3 inflammasome activity and related interleukins, yet no study has evaluated the expression of the NLRP3 inflammasome complex and related…

بواسطة Alfadul H, Sabico S, Alnaami AM, Amer OE, Hussain SD, Wani K, Clerici M, Al-Daghri NM
2023
تم النشر فى:
MDPI
publications

Objectives

بواسطة Aljuraiban GS, Algabsani S, Sabico S, Alshammari S, Aljazairy E, Al-Musharaf S
2023
تم النشر فى:
Elsevier
publications

The Metabolically Healthy Obese (MHO) is a unique phenotype of obesity in which individuals match the operational definition of obesity but do not display metabolic complications. Given this…

بواسطة Kaiser Wani , Balvir Kumar , Iram Saba , Shaun Sabico
2023
تم النشر فى:
Biolife Sas