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Brief description “anabolic steroids” is the familiar name for synthetic variants of the male sex hormone testosterone. the proper term for these compounds is anabolic-androgenic steroids (abbreviated aas)—“anabolic” referring to muscle-building and “androgenic” referring to increased male sexual characteristics. learn more statistics and trends swipe left or right to scroll. monitoring the future study: trends in prevalence of steroids for 8th-graders, 10th-graders, and 12th-graders; 2013 (in percent)* drug time period 8th-graders 10th-graders 12th-graders steroids lifetime 1.10 1.30 2.10 past year 0.60 0.80 1.50 past month 0.30 0.40 1.00 * data in brackets indicate statistically significant change from the previous year. previous mtf data |