J HEALTH POPUL NUTR 2015 Mar;33(1):68-75 ISSN 1606-0997 | $ 5.00+0.20

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Predictors of Dietary Supplement Usage among Medical Interns of Tehran University of Medical Sciences Gity Sotoudeh1, Sanaz Kabiri2, Haleh Sadrzadeh Yeganeh1, Fariba Koohdani3, Farahnaz Khajehnasiri2, Shahla Khosravi2 1

Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 2Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 4

Department of Cellular, Molecular Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

ABSTRACT This study aimed to determine the prevalence of dietary supplement-use and its relationship with demographics and lifestyle of medical interns. The study sample comprised 356 interns aged 23 to 25 years. Participants completed a questionnaire on dietary supplement-use during the month preceding the study, information on demographic characteristics and lifestyle was also obtained. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression were employed to assess the correlates of dietary supplement-use. The prevalence of dietary supplement-use was about 33% (males 20.4% and females 43.2%, p