Table 3 |
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Relative percentage of congruent answers by 'maintaining strength' and 'enhancing endurance' as rationales for supplement use and supplement used by all athletes who reported the use of nutritional supplements (n = 520) |
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| Maintain strength |
Enhance endurance |
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| Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
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| Creatine |
Yes |
124 |
62.6% |
64 |
19.9% |
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| No |
74 |
37.4% |
258 |
80.1% |
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| 198 |
100.0% |
322 |
100.0% |
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| Iron |
Yes |
33 |
31.7% |
122 |
29.3% |
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| No |
71 |
68.3% |
294 |
70.7% |
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| 104 |
100.0% |
416 |
100.0% |
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| Ginseng |
Yes |
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| No |
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| Whey protein |
Yes |
111 |
56.1% |
48 |
14.9% |
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| No |
87 |
43.9% |
274 |
85.1% |
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| 198 |
100.0% |
322 |
100.0% |
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| Caffeine |
Yes |
49 |
47.1% |
75 |
18.0% |
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| No |
55 |
52.9% |
341 |
82.0% |
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| 104 |
100.0% |
416 |
100.0% |
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| Vitamin C |
Yes |
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| No |
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Petróczi et al. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 2007 4:19 doi:10.1186/1550-2783-4-19 |
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