Table 3.
What is the purpose of dietary supplement use? (%).
| Boys (n = 647) | Girls (n = 507) | p-Value 2 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | 1–3 Years (57) |
4–6 Years (92) |
ES 1st–3rd (118) |
ES 4th–6th (126) |
JHS (131) |
HS (123) |
p-Value 1 | n | 1–3 Years (38) |
4–6 Years (65) |
ES 1st–3rd (75) |
ES 4th–6th (73) |
JHS (131) |
HS (125) |
p-Value 1 | ||
| Supplementation of nutrition | 331 | 61.4 | 51.1 | 52.5 | 51.6 | 53.4 | 42.3 | 0.25 | 251 | 42.1 | 61.5 | 58.7 | 49.3 | 45.0 | 44.8 | 0.10 | 0.58 |
| Maintenance of health/prevention of disease | 286 | 40.4 | 44.6 | 48.3 | 42.1 | 46.6 | 41.5 | 0.84 | 237 | 60.5 | 40.0 | 46.7 | 49.3 | 48.9 | 42.4 | 0.36 | 0.39 |
| Improvements to health | 203 | 31.6 | 32.6 | 30.5 | 33.3 | 30.5 | 30.1 | 0.99 | 176 | 31.6 | 41.5 | 34.7 | 30.1 | 40.5 | 28.8 | 0.31 | 0.23 |
| Enhance growth | 140 | 17.5 | 15.2 | 17.8 | 31.0 | 28.2 | 15.4 | 0.01 | 49 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 15.1 | 11.5 | 5.6 | 0.36 | <0.01 |
| Treatment of disease | 52 | 10.5 | 7.6 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 0.82 | 44 | 15.8 | 10.8 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 9.9 | 6.4 | 0.47 | 0.70 |
| Beauty/weight loss | 23 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 11.4 | <0.01 | 67 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 16.0 | 25.6 | <0.01 | <0.01 |
| Enhance athletic performance | 51 | 3.5 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 11.4 | 0.56 | 27 | 2.6 | 9.2 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 0.32 | 0.09 |
| Enhance academic performance | 41 | 3.5 | 9.8 | 9.3 | 7.1 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 0.20 | 30 | 2.6 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 0.99 | 0.77 |
| No reason | 11 | - | 4.3 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | - | - | 11 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 2.7 | - | 1.6 | - | 0.56 |
| Others | 17 | - | 1.1 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.9 | - | 12 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 | - | 0.78 |
1 Statistical analyses were conducted among age groups using chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test. 2 Statistical analyses were conducted among boys and girls using chi-square test. Note: Multiple answers.