Table 4.

Use of nutritional supplements and over-the-counter drugs by mothers, by center.

	Turin (n = 110)		Florence (n = 23)		Rome (n = 46)		SGR (n = 101)		Palermo (n = 20)		Total (n = 300)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
USE OF NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT OR OVER-THE-COUNTER-DRUGS
No	64	58.2	7	30.4	16	34.8	46	45.5	12	60.0	145	48.3
Yes	46	41.8	16	69.6	30	65.2	55	54.5	8	40.0	155	51.7
TYPE OF NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT OR OVER-THE-COUNTER-DRUGS*
Vitamins	36		14		29		50		6		135
Minerals	33		12		26		51		6		128
Probiotics	1		0		0		3		1		5
Omega3	0		5		21		23		0		49
Galactogogues	0		0		0		6		0		6
Over-the-counter-drugs	8		1		2		4		0		15

Italy, 2012–2014. SGR, San Giovanni Rotondo.

^*Sums do not correspond to the total number of subjects, because of many subjects consuming multiple types of supplements.