Table 4.
Type of dietary supplements used by age and sex.
| Total | Age | Sex | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n, (%) 1 | 19–30 n, (%) | 31–50 n, (%) | 51–70 n, (%) | 71–85 n, (%) | p-Value 2 | Males n, (%) | Females n, (%) | p-Value 3 | |
| Multivitamin 4 | 1031 (15.2) | 133 (12.9) | 426 (41.3) | 342 (33.2) | 130 (12.6) | 0.051 | 395 (38.3) | 636 (61.7) | <0.001 |
| Mineral 5 | 739 (10.9) | 65 (8.8) | 221 (29.9) | 318 (43.0) | 135 (18.3) | <0.001 | 246 (33.3) | 493 (66.7) | <0.001 |
| Vitamins 6 | 1230 (18.1) | 166 (13.5) | 498 (40.5) | 413 (33.6) | 153 (12.4) | 0.693 | 498 (40.5) | 732 (59.5) | 0.004 |
| Lipid 7 | 998 (14.7) | 81 (8.1) | 308 (30.9) | 436 (43.7) | 173 (17.3) | <0.001 | 407 (40.8) | 591 (59.2) | 0.019 |
| Herbal 8 | 1063 (15.6) | 112 (10.5) | 367 (34.5) | 421 (39.6) | 163 (15.3) | 0.002 | 393 (37.0) | 670 (63.0) | <0.001 |
| Iron | 802 (11.8) | 118 (14.7) | 341 (42.5) | 248 (30.9) | 95 (11.9) | 0.497 | 309 (38.5) | 493 (61.5) | 0.002 |
| Folic acid | 932 (13.7) | 129 (13.8) | 398 (42.7) | 297 (31.9) | 108 (11.6) | 0.181 | 380 (40.8) | 552 (59.2) | 0.009 |
1 Respondents may have reported using more than one supplement; 2 p-Value relates to comparison of age categories and different supplement types, determined using chi square; 3 p-Value relates to comparison of sex and different supplement types, determined using chi square; 4 Multivitamin and/or multimineral, multivitamin and/or multimineral, with herbal extracts and multivitamin and/or multimineral containing caffeine; 5 Mineral supplements include calcium supplements, magnesium supplements, zinc supplements, iodine supplements, selenium supplements and other single mineral supplements; 6 Vitamin supplements include vitamin C supplements, vitamin E supplements, folic acid supplements, vitamin D supplements and other single vitamin supplements; 7 Lipid supplements include fish oil supplements, fish oil supplements with added nutrients, fish liver oil supplements, evening primrose oil supplements, long chain omega 3 fatty acid supplements and other lipid supplements; 8 Herbal supplements include all herbal supplements including those containing caffeine, homoeopathic supplements, protein or amino acid supplements, probiotic supplements, propolis or other bee product supplements, glucosamine and/or chondroitin based supplements, coenzyme q10 supplements and other supplements.