Age Drives the Differences in Dietary Supplement Use in Endurance Athletes: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Cyclists, Runners, and Triathletes.
Most athletes use dietary supplements (DS) to improve health and performance beyond what can be achieved through diet. Improvements in health and exercise performance through the use of DS are especially attractive to older athletes (OA) challenged with age-related declines. However, there are few D...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Dietary Supplements Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 602 - 622 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=171933379&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 171933379 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 19390211 2Y62 jtl: Journal of Dietary Supplements issn: 19390211 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2023 vid: 20 iid: 4 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 171933379 156107232 171933379 171933379 10.1080/19390211.2022.2056670 171933379 ppf: 602 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Age Drives the Differences in Dietary Supplement Use in Endurance Athletes: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Cyclists, Runners, and Triathletes. aug: au: Graybeal, Austin J. Kreutzer, Andreas Willis, Jada L. Moss, Kamiah Braun-Trocchio, Robyn Shah, Meena affil: School of Kinesiology & Nutrition, College of Education and Human Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA sug: subj: Age Factors Dietary Supplements Utilization Ergogenic Products Utilization Athletes Psychosocial Factors Endurance Sports Cycling Running Triathlon Information Resources Motivation Human Cross Sectional Studies Adolescence Adult Middle Age Descriptive Statistics Athletes, Male Athletes, Female Male Female Questionnaires Prevalence Electrolytes Probiotics Melatonin Vitamin D United States Chi Square Test Odds Ratio Confidence Intervals Unpaired T-Tests Post Hoc Analysis Analysis of Variance Data Analysis Software Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient Economic Status Educational Status Funding Source Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Male Female ab: Most athletes use dietary supplements (DS) to improve health and performance beyond what can be achieved through diet. Improvements in health and exercise performance through the use of DS are especially attractive to older athletes (OA) challenged with age-related declines. However, there are few DS shown to improve endurance performance, and the prevalence of DS in OA are unknown. Two-hundred cyclists, runners, and triathletes (females = 108; age = 39.4 ± 13.5) completed a questionnaire regarding the prevalence and type of DS currently used, in addition to variables associated with using DS such as motivation and sources of information. Overall, 78.0% of athletes reported current DS use. OA used more DS (Total DS = 4.3 ± 3.0) than younger athletes (2.7 ± 1.8, p < 0.001), with ages 40-49 and 50-59 using more DS than ages 18-29 and 30-39 (p < 0.05). The majority of athletes (53.8%) used ≥ 3 DS. Age was the only significant predictor of total DS use (p = 0.002); OA used = 3 DS more than younger (p < 0.001). Specifically, more athletes 40-49 (67.5%) and 50-59 (76.2%) used ≥ 3 DS compared to 18-29 (33.3%, p = 0.003). More OA used electrolytes (p = 0.005), probiotics (p = 0.045), melatonin (p = 0.004), and vitamin D (p = 0.016) than younger athletes. Motivations to use DS were related to age and were supplement specific. Sources of DS information varied by sex more than age. Age is a significant determining factor for DS use in a sample of cyclists, runners, and triathletes. The prevalence and trends of DS warrant further investigation into the benefits and risks of DS to develop safe, targeted, and age-specific DS strategies on a recreative competitive level. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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