Authors: Patrick Mullie Peter Clarys Mieke Hulens Greet Vansant
Publish Date: 2010/11/03
Volume: 56, Issue: 3, Pages: 289-294
Abstract
A crosssectional design was used Mailed questionnaires were sent to 5000 Belgian military men Use of multivitamins frequency and food consumption were recorded during the past year together with health BMI smoking physical activity and socioeconomic indicators education income Dietary patterns were determined using the Mediterranean Diet Score MDSUse of multivitamin supplements was associated with healthy lifestyle characteristics such as a higher physical activity level and non smoking Moreover it was found that on average more participants with a Flemish cultural background 198 used supplements compared with participants with a French cultural background 93 The MDS was related to multivitamin supplement use with 349 of users having the highest score range The socioeconomic indicators ‘education’ and ‘income’ were not related to vitamin supplement use
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