Table 3.

Motivations for Dietary Supplement Use by HANDLS Study Participants

Motivations	DS users (n = 884)	BDS users (n = 178)	p-Valuea
To supplement diet	17.69 ± 0.01	30.90 ± 0.03	<0.001
To improve overall health	18.48 ± 0.01	30.90 ± 0.03	<0.001
Doctor recommended	21.20 ± 0.01	19.66 ± 0.03	0.645
For bone health	17.01 ± 0.01	18.54 ± 0.03	0.622
To maintain health	12.70 ± 0.01	31.46 ± 0.03	<0.001
For enhanced energy	11.11 ± 0.01	23.03 ± 0.03	<0.001
For heart health	7.94 ± 0.01	28.09 ± 0.03	<0.001
To boost immunity, to prevent colds	6.58 ± 0.01	18.54 ± 0.03	<0.001
For gastrointestinal health	5.22 ± 0.04	17.98 ± 0.03	<0.001
For healthy joints, prevent arthritis	3.97 ± 0.01	16.29 ± 0.03	<0.001
For hot flashes, breast cancer	2.38 ± 0.01	8.99 ± 0.02	<0.001
For mental health	0.57 ± 0.00	6.18 ± 0.02	<0.001
For eye health	0.45 ± 0.00	5.62 ± 0.02	<0.001
For prostate health, cancer treatment	0.34 ± 0.00	5.62 ± 0.02	<0.001

Values are expressed as percentage ± standard error.

^aChi square or difference between users of dietary supplement with botanicals with users of dietary supplements without botanicals.