Table 1 Bio-demographic data of community participants, Saudi Arabia

Age in years

< 35

248

45.7%

36–55

226

41.6%

> 55

69

12.7%

Gender

Male

252

46.4%

Female

291

53.6%

Education

Below university

57

10.5%

University

134

24.7%

Postgraduate

352

64.8%

Job

Healthcare provider

77

14.2%

Non-health care provider

466

85.8%

Chronic diseases

None

367

67.6%

DM

70

12.9%

Cardiac diseases and HTN

87

16.0%

GI diseases

67

12.3%

Renal diseases

21

3.9%

Bronchial asthma

34

6.3%

Hepatic diseases

7

1.3%

Sickle cell disease

2

0.4%

Others

14

2.6%