Research Article
Analysis of Dietary Supplement Use and Influencing Factors in the Mongolian Population
Table 2
DS users and DS nonusers among Mongolian people by biochemical indicators’ distribution (
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| | Variables | DS usersa | DS nonusers | | value |
| | Total (%) | 270 (18.83) | 1164 (81.17) | | | | Total cholesterol abnormalities (%) | 39 (12.96) | 262 (87.04) | 8.594 | 0.003 | | Triglycerides abnormalities (%) | 166 (21.93) | 591 (78.07) | 10.084 | 0.001 | | HDL-cholesterol abnormalities (%) | 128 (19.10) | 542 (80.90) | 0.063 | 0.802 | | LDL-cholesterol abnormalities (%) | 40 (17.09) | 194 (82.91) | 0.550 | 0.458 | | Uric acid abnormalities (%) | 62 (15.74) | 332 (84.26) | 3.399 | 0.065 |
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. aUse dietary supplements for three consecutive months in the past year. |
