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Table 4 Comparison of current social situation between AAS users in two groups and non-users.

From: Troubled social background of male anabolic-androgenic steroid abusers in treatment

  

AC group,

n = 34

Gym, AAS-users,

n = 18

Gym, non-users,

n = 259

p-value 1

  

%

n

%

n

%

n

 

Housing

Homeless

8.8

3

0.0

0

0.0

0

<0.001

 

Living alone

52.9

18

18.8

3

40.2

102

 
 

Living with partner

5.9

2

0.0

0

16.5

42

 
 

Living with partner

26.5

9

75.0

12

37.8

96

 
 

Other

5.9

2

6.3

1

5.5

14

 

Established partner

Yes

44.1

15

88.9

16

53.8

136

<0.01

 

No

55.9

19

11.1

2

46.2

117

 

Children

Yes

36.4

12

41.2

7

14.7

38

0.001

 

No

63.6

21

58.8

10

85.3

221

 

Threatened partner

Yes

39.4

13

22.2

4

8.6

22

<0.001

 

No

60.6

20

77.8

14

91.4

235

 

Battered partner

Yes

30.3

10

11.1

2

6.6

17

<0.001

 

No

69.7

23

88.9

16

93.4

240

 

Income from

Work

55.9

19

77.8

14

86.1

223

<0.001

 

Subsidiary

38.2

13

16.7

3

7.3

19

 
 

Other

5.9

2

5.6

1

6.6

17

 

Alcohol

Risk consumption or abuse

52.9

18

11.1

2

17.9

46

<0.001

 

Regular or no

47.1

16

88.9

16

82.1

211

 

Narcotics

Yes

91.2

31

61.1

11

26.6

69

<0.001

 

No

8.8

3

38.9

7

73.4

190

 

Unprescribed pharmaceuticals

Yes

57.6

19

41.2

7

11.8

30

<0.001

 

No

42.4

14

58.8

10

88.2

225

 

Driving license

Yes

47.1

18

72.2

13

77.0

194

<0.05

 

No

52.9

16

27.8

5

23.0

58

 

Sentenced for crime

Yes

97.1

33

38.9

7

16.5

42

<0.001

 

No

2.9

1

61.1

11

83.5

213

 

Food additives

Yes

90.6

29

88.9

16

75.2

194

0.075

 

No

9.4

3

11.1

2

24.8

64

 

Training frequency per week

>4 times

35.3

12

16.7

3

16.2

42

0.096

 

3–4 times

47.1

16

72.2

13

67.2

174

 
 

<3 times

17.6

6

11.1

2

16.6

43

 
  1. 1 Fisher's exact test, 2-sided for three groups