| |
Public university (n = 123)
|
Private university (n = 53)
|
p-value ‡
|
|---|
|
Gender [n (%)]a
| | | |
|
Female
|
83 (67.5)
|
31 (58.5)
|
0.252
|
|
Male
|
40 (32.5)
|
22 (41.5)
|
|
Mean age ± SD (years) [range]
|
24.2 ± 0.8 [23–29]
|
24.2 ± 1.1 [22–28]
|
0.943
|
|
Ethnicity [n (%)]a
| | | |
|
Malay
|
67 (54.5)
|
28 (52.8)
|
0.107
|
|
Chinese
|
52 (42.3)
|
19 (35.8)
|
|
Indian
|
2 (1.6)
|
5 (9.4)
|
|
Others
|
2 (1.6)
|
1 (1.9)
|
- SD Standard deviation
- ‡χ2 test was used for all categorical variables whilst the independent t-test was used for all continuous variables
- aData unavailable for 1 participant (gender), 1 participant (ethnicity)
