Table 4.
Reasons for supplement use by gender and age group (n = 186).
| Reasons for supplement use | Gender | Age group (years) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Woman | 20–30 | 30–40 | 40–50 | |
| Disease prevention cluster | |||||
| Percentage (n) | 7.5 (10) | 69.2 (36) | 17.6 (21) | 22.0 (11) | 82.4 (14) |
| Odd ratio (95% CI) | 1.000 | 27.900 (11.655–66.787) | 1.000 | 1.316 (0.581–2.984) | 21.778 (5.742–82.594) |
| P | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
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| Immunity/energy boosting cluster | |||||
| Percentage (n) | 9.7 (13) | 17.3 (9) | 12.6 (15) | 8.0 (4) | 17.6 (3) |
| Odd ratio (95% CI) | 1.000 | 1.948 (0.7778–4.880) | 1.000 | 0.603 (0.190–1.916) | 1.486 (0.382–5.785) |
| P | 0.149 | 0.516 | |||
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| Muscle building cluster | |||||
| Percentage (n) | 85.1 (114) | 40.4 (21) | 81.5 (97) | 62.0 (31) | 41.2 (7) |
| Odd ratio (95% CI) | 1.000 | 0.119 (0.057–0.247) | 1.000 | 0.370 (0.177–0.772) | 0.159 (0.054–0.463) |
| P | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
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| Weight/fat loss cluster | |||||
| Percentage (n) | 50.7 (68) | 23.1 (12) | 42.0 (50) | 52.0 (26) | 23.5 (4) |
| Odd ratio (95% CI) | 1.000 | 0.291 (0.141–0.603) | 1.000 | 1.495 (0.770–2.903) | 0.425 (0.131–1.379) |
| P | 0.001 | 0.115 | |||
There are no missing data.
CI: confidence interval.