Table 4.
Reasons for using sport food supplements by sample characteristics.
| Gender | Classes of Age | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | M | 20–30 Years | 31–40 Years | 41–50 Years | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Increase muscle mass/weight | 12 | 12.1 | 87 | 87.9 * | 64 | 64.6 * | 22 | 22.2 | 13 | 13.1 |
| Increase muscle strength | 15 | 22.1 | 53 | 77.9 * | 39 | 57.4 | 18 | 26.5 | 11 | 16.2 |
| Replacement meal | 9 | 31.0 | 20 | 69.0 | 17 | 58.6 | 8 | 27.6 | 4 | 13.8 |
| Muscle repair or recovery | 18 | 19.1 | 76 | 80.9 * | 51 | 54.3 | 26 | 27.7 | 17 | 18.1 |
| Increase performance | 8 | 17.8 | 37 | 82.2 * | 25 | 55.6 | 13 | 28.9 | 7 | 15.6 |
| Disease prevention | 2 | 14.3 | 12 | 85.7 * | 6 | 42.9 | 3 | 21.4 | 5 | 35.7 |
| Prevention of nutritional deficiencies | 9 | 33.3 | 18 | 66.7 | 14 | 51.9 | 5 | 18.5 | 8 | 29.6 |
| Weight loss | 12 | 44.4 | 15 | 55.6 | 10 | 37.0 | 12 | 44.4 | 5 | 18.5 |
| Treatment of medical problems | 11 | 100.0 * | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 36.4 | 3 | 27.3 | 4 | 36.4 |
| Increase in immune defenses | 17 | 51.5 | 16 | 48.5 | 13 | 39.4 | 11 | 33.3 | 9 | 27.3 |
| Reduction of fat mass | 5 | 19.2 | 21 | 80.8 | 13 | 50.0 | 9 | 34.6 | 4 | 15.4 |
| Stress reduction | 19 | 59.4 | 13 | 40.6 | 11 | 34.4 | 8 | 25.0 | 13 | 40.6 * |
| Reduction of post-workout fatigue | 18 | 24.3 | 56 | 75.7 | 36 | 48.6 | 22 | 29.7 | 16 | 21.6 |
* p < 0.05.