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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

Stress and cardiometabolic manifestations among Saudi students entering universities: a cross-sectional observational study

BACKGROUND:

In this observational study, we aimed to see whether transition in Saudi students entering university life could be a breeding stage for cardiometabolic risk factor emergence and clustering.

METHODS:

A total of 1878 apparently healthy Saudi students of the Preparatory Year, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA (1112 men and 766 women) spanning 2 academic years were included. They were divided into 2 groups based on the validated perceived stress test (PST). Anthropometrics were obtained and fasting blood samples were collected for measurement of fasting blood glucose and a lipid profile.

RESULTS:

PST score (>27) considered indicative of stress was noted in 44.4% of students. The prevalence of this score was higher in women than in men (49.7% versus 40.7%). The prevalence of obesity, hypertension and dyslipidemia was significantly higher in men than women (p < 0.01), and this was even more apparent among stressed men, who had a significantly higher prevalence of all the above cardiometabolic factors than the non-stressed ones (p < 0.01).

CONCLUSION:

Perceived stress is alarmingly high among Saudi students entering universities. This study sheds light on the social responsibility of universities in promoting a healthy lifestyle, particularly in this age group, when exposure to different kinds of stressors may result in body weight and metabolic changes.

نوع عمل المنشور
Observational
رقم المجلد
14
مجلة/صحيفة
BMC Public Health 2014
الصفحات
391
مزيد من المنشورات
publications

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