Table 3 Relative percentage of congruent answers by rationale for supplement use and supplement used by athletes.
From: Nutritional supplement use by elite young UK athletes: fallacies of advice regarding efficacy
Maintain strength | Enhance endurance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||||
Whey | Yes | 68 | 48.6% | 18 | 6.9% | ||||
protein | No | 72 | 51.4% | 244 | 93.1% | ||||
140 | 100.0% | 262 | 100.0% | ||||||
Creatine | Yes | 48 | 34.3% | 6 | 2.3% | ||||
No | 92 | 65.7% | 256 | 97.7% | |||||
140 | 100.0% | 262 | 100.0% | ||||||
Energy | Yes | 74 | 69.2% | 94 | 31.9% | ||||
drinks | No | 33 | 30.8% | 201 | 68.1% | ||||
107 | 100.0% | 295 | 100.0% | ||||||