Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of lifetime AAS users versus non-users in the Canadian Study of Adolescent Health Behaviors.
| AAS non-users (N = 2,730) M (SD) / % |
Lifetime AAS users (N = 44) M (SD) / % |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 22.9 (3.9) | 26.4 (3.4) | < 0.001 |
| BMI | 24.5 (5.1) | 26.2 (4.4) | 0.046 |
| Gender | < 0.001 | ||
| Cisgender woman | 54.1 | 13.6 | |
| Cisgender man | 37.7 | 81.8 | |
| TGNC | 8.2 | 4.6 | |
| Race/Ethnicity | 0.236 | ||
| White | 62.4 | 65.9 | |
| Black | 3.2 | 0.0 | |
| Latino/a | 2.3 | 4.6 | |
| East Asian | 10.0 | 4.6 | |
| South Asian | 7.0 | 6.8 | |
| Middle Eastern | 2.3 | 6.8 | |
| Indigenous | 1.3 | 2.3 | |
| Other | 1.3 | 2.3 | |
| Multi-Racial | 10.2 | 6.8 | |
| Sexual Identity | 0.052 | ||
| Heterosexual | 58.6 | 70.5 | |
| Gay/Lesbian | 7.9 | 18.2 | |
| Bisexual | 18.2 | 4.6 | |
| Asexual | 2.8 | 2.3 | |
| Pansexual | 3.2 | 2.3 | |
| Queer | 4.7 | 2.3 | |
| Questioning | 3.9 | 0.0 | |
| Other | 0.7 | 0.0 | |
| Highest Completed Education | 0.007 | ||
| High School Diploma or Less | 44.5 | 22.7 | |
| College or Undergraduate Degree | 42.6 | 54.6 | |
| Master’s Degree or Higher | 11.6 | 18.2 | |
| Other | 1.3 | 4.6 | |
| Current Weight Change Behavior | 0.003 | ||
| Lose weight | 47.5 | 27.3 | |
| Stay the same weight | 16.2 | 13.6 | |
| Gain weight | 21.4 | 45.5 | |
| Not doing anything | 14.9 | 13.6 | |
| Weight Perception | 0.431 | ||
| Very underweight | 1.5 | 2.3 | |
| Slightly underweight | 11.3 | 4.6 | |
| About the right weight | 48.9 | 59.1 | |
| Slightly overweight | 30.8 | 29.6 | |
| Very overweight | 7.6 | 4.6 | |
| Weight Training, Past 12 months | 0.122 | ||
| No | 38.9 | 27.3 | |
| Yes | 61.1 | 72.7 |
Note. p value calculated using independent samples t-tests for continuous variables and Fisher’s exact test for categorial variables. AAS = Anabolic-androgenic steroids; BMI = Body mass index; TGNC = Transgender/gender non- conforming