Research Article
Intake of Nutritional Supplements among People Exercising in Gyms
in Beirut City
Table 1
Sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics of all participants and of users of nutritional supplements. No missing data.
| | Percentage of total population () | Percentage of supplement users () | P |
| Gender | | | | āMale | 60.9 | 72.0 | <0.001 | āFemale | 39.1 | 28.0 |
| Age group (years) | | | | ā20ā30 | 63.7 | 64.0 | 0.936 | ā30ā40 | 26.6 | 26.9 | ā40ā50 | 9.8 | 9.1 |
| Education | | | | āBrevet | 10.2 | 9.1 | 0.615 | āLebanese Bachelor | 13.7 | 10.8 | āTechnical degree | 5.5 | 6.5 | āBachelor | 56.8 | 59.1 | āMasters or above | 12.3 | 12.4 | āOthers | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| Alcohol intake | | | | āNo | 65.6 | 60.8 | 0.080 | āYes | 34.4 | 39.2 |
| Smoking status | | | | āNo | 61.7 | 59.1 | 0.500 | āCurrent | 31.3 | 34.4 | āFormer | 7.0 | 6.5 |
| Disease history | | | | āNo | 92.8 | 90.3 | 0.106 | āYes | 7.2 | 9.7 |
| Total time of exercise | | | | ā<1 month | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.005 | ā1ā6 months | 11.5 | 10.2 | ā7 monthsā1 year | 9.2 | 4.8 | ā>1 year | 75.4 | 83.3 |
| Frequency of exercise | | | | ā<3 times/week | 16.8 | 14.0 | 0.099 | ā3ā5 times/week | 64.1 | 62.4 | ā>5 times/week | 19.1 | 23.7 |
| Total time of daily exercise | | | | ā<1 hour/day | 18.0 | 16.7 | 0.673 | ā1-2 hours/day | 68.6 | 71.0 | ā>2 hours/day | 13.5 | 12.4 |
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