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Table 1 Percentage and type of dietary supplements used by all participants

From: Protein supplementation and dietary behaviours of resistance trained men and women attending commercial gyms: a comparative study between the city centre and the suburbs of Palermo, Italy

 

Subjects

 

City centre (207)

Suburbs (354)

Supplements use

  

No

70%

71.2%

Yes

30%

28.8%

Users of supplements by gender

  

Male

69.5%

93.1%

Female

30.5%

6.9%

Frequency of use

  

1 time per wk

12.9%

1%

2 time per wk

8.1%

3.9%

3 time per wk

21.0%

32.3%

4 time per wk

17.7%

6.9%

5 time per wk

14.5%

49%

6 time per wk

1.6%

1%

7 time per wk

24.2%

5.9%

  1. Palermo, Italy.