Psychiatric morbidity among men using anabolic steroids.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychiatric morbidity among men with abuse of anabolic steroids.

Methods

The design is a retrospectively matched cohort study. Five hundred and fourty-five males, who tested positive for anabolic steroids in Danish fitness centers during the period January 3, 2006 to March 1, 2018, were matched with 5450 randomly chosen male controls. Data was cross-referenced with seven national registers pertaining to information about education, employment status, and psychiatric comorbidity. Main outcomes and measures were prescription of psychopharmacological treatment.

Results

The incidence of treatment with anxiolytics (HR: 2.34, 95% CI: 1.62-3.38) and antipsychotics (HR: 2.69, 95% CI: 1.99-3.63) displayed a remarkable

SUBMITTER: Windfeld-Mathiasen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10092709 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature