Prevalence of Dietary Supplement Use by Athletes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dietary supplements (DSs) are commercially available products consumed as an addition to the usual diet and are frequently ingested by athletes.

Objective

Our objective was to examine the prevalence of DS use by athletes.

Data sources

PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, OVID Healthstar, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health were searched for original research articles published up to August 2014. Search terms included specific sports, specific DSs, and other terms.

Study selection

Studies were selected if they were written in English, involved athletes, and provided a quantitative assessment of the proportion of athletes using specific DSs. Percent of athletes using specific DSs.

Synthesis of data

Methodological quality of studies was assessed b

SUBMITTER: Knapik JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4697915 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature