Risk factors for illicit anabolic-androgenic steroid use in male weightlifters: a cross-sectional cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Illicit anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) abuse, though an important public health problem, remains inadequately studied. Almost all AAS abusers are male and lift weights, but the risk factors for AAS use among male weightlifters remain poorly understood.

Methods

We recruited 233 experienced male weightlifters, of whom 102 (44%) reported lifetime AAS use, and assessed their childhood and adolescent attributes retrospectively, using structured clinical interviews and computerized questionnaires. This cross-sectional cohort approach-a design that we have formally presented in the recent methodological literature-utilizes a study cohort, not selected for outcomes of interest, and assesses exposures and outcomes retrospectively. We hypothesized that conduct disorder a

SUBMITTER: Pope HG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3218214 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature