Research Article
Prevalence of Dietary Supplements Use among Gymnasium Users
Table 4
Duration and type of exercise.
| | Characteristic | Supplements users (%) | Non-supplements users (%) | value | Males (%) | Females (%) | value |
| | Duration of exercise (years) | | <1 | 30 (26.5) | 115 (61.8) | <0.0001 | 90 (39.8) | 55 (75.3) | 0.000 | | 1–5 | 57 (50.4) | 51 (27.4) | 93 (41.2) | 15 (20.5) | | >5−10 | 16 (14.2) | 14 (7.5) | 28 (12.4) | 2 (2.7) | | >10 | 10 (8.8) | 6 (3.2) | 15 (6.6) | 1 (1.4) | | Frequency of exercise (days per week) | | | | | 1-2 | 4 (3.5) | 24 (12.9) | 0.016 | 6 (2.7) | 22 (30.1) | 0.000 | | 3–5 | 75 (66.4) | 102 (54.8) | 142 (62.8) | 35 (47.9) | | >5 | 34 (30.1) | 60 (32.3) | 78 (34.5) | 16 (21.9) | | Types of exercise | | | | | Cardiovascular | 56 (49.6) | 22 (11.8) | <0.0001 | 72 (31.9) | 6 (8.2) | 0.000 | | Weight training | 8 (7.1) | 47 (25.3) | 43 (19) | 12 (16.4) | | Mixed | 1 (0.9) | 4 (2.2) | 3 (1.3) | 2 (2.7) | | Other | 48 (42.5) | 113 (60.8) | 108 (47.8) | 53 (72.6) | | Length of sleep (hours) | | | | | <6 | 28 (24.8) | 33 (17.7) | 0.372 | 50 (22.1) | 11 (15.1) | 0.006 | | 6–8 | 70 (61.9) | 133 (71.5) | 156 (69) | 47 (64.4) | | >8–10 | 13 (11.5) | 18 (9.7) | 16 (7.1) | 15 (20.5) | | >10 | 2 (1.8) | 2 (1.1) | 4 (1.8) | 0 (0) |
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