Anabolic Steroids Use And Perceived Side Effects Among Gymnasium Attendees In Benha And Shebin Al-kom Cities.

Abstract

Background: Young people strive to achieve optimum body condition in an easy manner using dietary or anabolic steroids supplements without proper knowledge of their adverse effects. Objective: To determine prevalence and factors associated with Androgenic Anabolic Steroids (AAS) use. Method: A cross-sectional study using a selfadministered questionnaire was conducted at six gyms in Benha and Shebin al-kom cities. The total participants were 200. Results: The mean age of the studied population was 23.09 ± 5.13 years. Out of 200 participants, 114 (57%) used anabolic bodybuilding supplements. Seventy-eight (78) out of 114 used nutrient supplements, 14 used AAS and 22 used both nutrients and AAS. There was a significant difference between AAS users and nonusers regarding age (19.22 ± 1.93 vs. 23.88 ± 4.90 respectively; p = <0.001), income (100 % of AAS users had enough or more than enough income vs. 84.6 % of nonusers; p= <0.001). They also significantly differed considering the aim of practice (83.3% of AAS users aimed at bodybuilding vs. 64.1% of nonusers; p = .037). Finally, 30.6% of steroids users were not aware of any side effects of these preparations. Conclusion:The prevalence of AAS use either alone or in combination with nutrient supplements represented 18% of the study group and 31.6% of total anabolic supplements users, one third of them were not aware of the possible side effects. Young age and high income were significantly associated with AAS use.

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“…In addition, they are reported to cause severe irreversible organ damage mainly liver and kidney. Hepatic adenoma, cholestasis, peliosis hepatis and hepatocellular carcinoma are concerns related to AAS hepatotoxicity (Tousson et al, 2016;Solimini, et al, 2017;Abd-Elraouf and Araby 2022). Furthermore, AAS abuse is associated with disturbed renal functions as well as acute and chronic renal damage (Mahmoud and Halloull, 2023).…”