Consumption of dietary supplements to support weight reduction in adults according to sociodemographic background, body mass index, waist-hip ratio, body fat and physical activity

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of variables among respondents divided into use and no use of dietary supplements supporting weight reduction (DSSWR), and differences between use of DSSWR and independent variables

Variables	All subjects		Use of DSSWR				p value
	All subjects		Yes		No
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex
Women	628	55.5	513	65.4	114	33.1	< 0.001
Men	502	44.5	272	34.6	230	66.9	< 0.001
Age category
18–35 years old	422	37.4	319	40.6	103	29.9	< 0.001
36–60 years old	477	42.2	338	43.1	138	40.2
Older than 60 years	231	20.4	128	16.3	103	29.9
Marital status
Married	637	57.5	429	55.9	208	61.2	0.103
Unmarried	471	42.5	338	44.1	132	38.8	0.103
Education
Higher	263	23.4	228	29.2	34	10.0	< 0.001
Secondary	345	30.8	259	33.2	86	25.3
Vocational	452	40.3	268	34.3	184	54.1
Primary	62	5.5	26	3.3	36	10.6
Financial status
“Good”	687	61.3	536	68.6	151	44.5	< 0.001
“Hard to say”	275	24.6	206	26.4	69	20.4
“Poor”	158	14.1	39	5.0	119	35.1
BMI status
Underweight	54	4.8	47	6.0	7	2.0	0.007
Normal	478	42.3	338	43.1	140	40.7
Overweight	597	52.9	399	50.9	197	57.3
WHR status
Normal	967	86.4	677	86.9	289	85.3	0.458
Abdominal obesity	152	13.6	102	13.1	50	14.7	0.458
%BF
Normal	512	45.5	389	49.9	123	35.8	< 0.001
Above	613	54.5	391	50.1	221	64.2	< 0.001
PA level
High	293	25.9	238	30.3	54	15.7	< 0.001
Moderate	432	38.2	306	39.0	126	36.6
Low	405	35.9	241	30.7	164	47.7
Total		100	785	69.5	344	30.5

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