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Table 1 Characteristics and gender differences of resistance training practitioners

From: Exploring the prevalence of anabolic steroid use among men and women resistance training practitioners after the COVID-19 pandemic

Variable

Total n (%)

Men n (%)

Women n (%)

Statistics

Age

3603

1855 (51.5%)

1748(48.5%)

0.053

ā€ƒ18 to 29 years

1644(45.63%)

856 (46.15%)

788(45.08%)

0.341

ā€ƒ30 to 44 years

1228(34.08%)

634 (34.17%)

594((33.98%)

0.892

ā€ƒ45 to 59 years

509(14.13%)

266(14.34%)

243(13.90%)

0.734

ā€ƒā‰„ā€‰60 years

222(6.16%)

99(5.34%)

123(7.04%)

0.433

Marital status

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒSingle

995(27.59%)

557(30.02%)

438(25.06%)

0.056

ā€ƒMarried

2608(72.41%)

1298(69.98%)

1310(74.94%)

0.055

Educational level

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒIlliterate

26(0.72%)

15(0.81%)

11(0.63%)

0.087

ā€ƒUndergraduate

691(19.18%)

334(18.01%)

357(20.42%)

0.096

ā€ƒCollege

2886(80.10%)

1506(81.18%)

1380(78.95%)

0.197

Occupational status

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒEmployed

1619(44.93%)

1270(68.46%)

349(19.97%)

0.001*

ā€ƒStudent

1081(30.01%)

501(27.01%)

580(33.18%)

0.049*

ā€ƒUnemployed

903(25.06%)

84(4.53%)

819(46.85%)

0.001*

Smoking

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒYes

144(3.99%)

92(4.96%)

52(2.98%)

0.143

ā€ƒNo

3459(96.01%)

1763(95.04%)

1696(97.02%)

0.114

Hospitalization for COVID infection

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒYes

490(13.60%)

279(15.04%)

211(12.08%)

0.087

ā€ƒNo

3113(86.40)

1576(84.96%)

1537(87.92%)

0.067

  1. Data analysis was done by the Ļ‡2 test
  2. *: Significantly different, comparing men and women