Skip to main content

Table 2 Mean monthly cost of dietary supplements over time, for DS users only and all participants

From: Examining the cost burden of dietary supplements in older adults: an analysis from the AAA longroad study

 

Baseline

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

All Participants

N

2990

2869

2714

2551

2226

2068

Mean Cost

$10.23

$12.16

$11.00

$13.14

$10.99

$13.32

SD Cost

$14.74

$15.82

$15.80

$16.93

$14.78

$16.56

DS Users

N

2105

2233

1940

2040

1692

1711

Mean Cost

$14.56

$15.64

$15.42

$16.45

$14.94

$16.12

SD Cost

$15.59

$16.35

$16.79

$17.45

$15.40

$16.93

Minimum Cost+

$0.73

$0.91

$0.91

$0.91

$0.73

$0.91

Maximum Cost

$130.00

$138.25

$174.80

$174.80

$104.67

$117.03

  1. +Minimum cost for DS users. Minimum mean cost for all participants was $0.00, as some participants did not use DS