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Associations between legal performance-enhancing substance use and future cardiovascular disease risk factors in young adults: A prospective cohort study.

Jason M NagataKyle T GansonMitchell L CunninghamDeborah MitchisonJason M LavenderAaron J BlashillHolly C GoodingStuart B Murray
Published in: PloS one (2020)
We do not find evidence for a prospective association between legal PES use and CVD risk factors in young adults over seven years of follow-up, including BMI, diabetes, hypertension, or hyperlipidemia. It should be noted that legal PES use was operationalized dichotomously and as one broad category, which did not account for frequency, amount, or duration of use. Given the lack of regulation and clinical trials data, observational studies can provide much needed data to inform the safety and long-term health associations of legal PES use and, in turn, inform clinical guidance and policy.
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