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Table 1 Profile of the study participants

From: Prevalence and profile of users and non-users of anabolic steroids among resistance training practitioners

Variables

Total n (%)

Gnu n (%)

Gex n (%)

Gus n (%)

Gfu n (%)

p

Sex

 Male

3297 (57.1%)

2546a (53.0%)

400b (76.2%)

159b (82.0%)

192b (76.8%)

0.0001

 Female

2476 (42.9%)

2258a (47.0%)

125b (23.8%)

35b (18.0%)

58b (23.2%)

Age

 18 to 29 years

2836 (49.1%)

2291a (47.7%)

258a.b (49.1%)

109b (56.2%)

178c (71.2%)

0.0001

 30 to 44 years

2108 (36.5%)

1725a (35.9%)

245b (46.7%)

74a (38.1%)

64c (25.6%)

 45 to 59 years

722 (12.5%)

682a (14.2%)

22b (4.2%)

11b (5.7%)

7b (2.8%)

  ≥ 60 years

107 (1.9%)

106a (2.2%)

0b (0%)

0b (0%)

1a.b (0.4%)

Marital Status

 Single

3296 (57.1%)

2654a (55.2%)

327b (62.3%)

115a.b (59.3%)

200c (80.0%)

0.0001

 Married

2131 (36.9%)

1839a (38.3%)

180a (34.3%)

69a (35.6%)

43b (17.2%)

 Divorced

306 (5.3%)

272a (5.7%)

17b (3.2%)

10a.b (5.2%)

7a.b (2.8%)

 Widow

40 (0.7%)

39a (0.8%)

1a (0.2%)

0a (0.0%)

0a (0.0%)

Schooling

 CHE

2865 (49.6%)

2416a (50.3%)

269a (51.2%)

99a (51.0%)

81b (32.4%)

0.0001

 IHE

1156 (20.0%)

917a (19.1%)

116a (22.1%)

47a.b (24.2%)

76b (30.4%)

 CHS

1270 (22.0%)

1066a (22.2%)

94b (17.9%)

32a.b (16.5%)

78c (31.2%)

 IHS

212 (3.7%)

180a (3.7%)

16a (3.0%)

4a (2.1%)

12a (4.8%)

 CBE

182 (3.2%)

153a (3.2%)

19a (3.6%)

7a (3.6%)

3a (1.2%)

 IBE

88 (1.5%)

72a.b (1.5%)

11b (2.1%)

5b (2.6%)

0a (0.0%)

Socioeconomic Class

 Class A

1732 (30%)

1429a (29.7%)

165a.b (31.4%)

74b (38.1%)

64a (25.6%)

0.0001

 Class B1

1285 (22.3%)

1080a (22.5%)

112a.b (21.3%)

31b (16.0%)

62a (24.8%)

 Class B2

1769 (30.6%)

1472a.b (30.6%)

147b (28.0%)

62a.b (32.0%)

88a (35.2%)

 Class C1

750 (13.0%)

638a (13.3%)

67a.b (12.8%)

15b (7.7%)

30a.b (12.0%)

 Class C2

190 (3.3%)

159a (3.3%)

20a (3.8%)

7a (3.6%)

4a (1.6%)

 Class D-E

47 (0.8%)

26a (0.5%)

14b (2.7%)

5b (2.6%)

2a.b (0.8%)

  1. CHE Complete higher education, IHE Incomplete higher education, CHS Complete high school, IHS Incomplete high school, CBE Complete basic education, IBE Incomplete basic education. Class A: upper class. Class B1: upper middle class. Class B2: middle class. Class C1: lower middle class. Class C2: lower class. Class D-E: no working. Z-test for proportions. Different letters in the row indicate significant differences (p < 0.05). Chi square test for p value
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