Androgenic-anabolic steroids use among bodybuilders in western Iran: application of ridge logistic regression model.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nowadays, the use of androgenic-anabolic steroids (AAS) by competitive and non-competitive bodybuilders and its side effects have become a major public health problem. Many studies have focused on determining the role and severity of various factors in AAS use, but the existence of collinearity between the factors leads to the non-significance of important factors. The study aimed to determine factors affecting the androgenic-anabolic steroids use in Iranian bodybuilders.

Method

This descriptive-analytical study was performed on 280 male bodybuilders (142 non-competitive and 138 competitive bodybuilders) in Hamadan, west of Iran, in 2016. The participations were recruited a multistage sampling method. A self-administrated questionnaire was used, which included p

SUBMITTER: Khalili S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9835229 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature