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Table 1 Demographics and supplement use for all participants and divided into East Coast and West Coast groups

From: Dietary supplement users vary in attitudes and sources of dietary supplement information in East and West geographic regions: a cross-sectional study

 

Total

East coast

West coast

p-valuea

Supplement use (n = 637)b

    

Yes

463 (72.7)

150 (60.7)

313 (80.3)

<0.001*

No

174 (27.3)

97 (39.3)

77 (19.7)

 

Age (n = 631)bc

47.2 ± 14.8

47.5 ± 12.8

47.0 ± 15.9

0.69

Sex (n = 629)bd

    

Male

310 (49.3)

123 (51.5)

187 (48.0)

0.39

Female

319 (50.7)

116 (48.5)

203 (52.1)

 

BMI (kg/m2) (n = 606)b

26.5 ± 4.8

28.2 ± 5.1

25.5 ± 4.3

<0.001*

Physical activity (n = 620)b

    

Yes

502 (81.0)

180 (76.9)

322 (83.4)

0.046*

No

118 (19.0)

54 (23.1)

64 (16.6)

 

Alcohol use (n = 632)b

    

Yes

411 (65.0)

121 (49.8)

290 (74.6)

<0.001*

No

221 (35.0)

122 (50.2)

99 (25.5)

 

Tobacco use (n = 631)b

    

Yes

80 (12.7)

67 (27.7)

13 (3.3)

<0.001*

No

551 (87.3)

175 (72.3)

376 (96.7)

 
  1. aCompares East Coast to West Coast Participants.
  2. bn may vary between variables due to missing or incomplete data.
  3. cContinuous variables expressed in Mean ± SD.
  4. dCategorical variables expressed as n (%).
  5. * Denotes statistical significance p < 0.05.