Table 1.
Participant characteristics at baseline across matched and mismatched groups.
| Total study population (n = 803) |
Groupa | |||
| Match (n = 261) | Mismatch (n = 542) | |||
| Gender, n(%) | ||||
| Male | 316 (39.4%) | 103 (39.5%) | 213 (39.3%) | |
| Female | 487 (60.7%) | 158 (60.5%) | 329 (60.7%) | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 52.4 (11.9) | 51.6 (12.3) | 52.8 (11.8) | |
| BMIb (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 27.3 (6.2) | 26.7 (5.3) | 27.6 (6.7) | |
| Employment status, n(%) | ||||
| Unemployed | 234 (29.1%) | 77 (30%) | 157 (29.0%) | |
| Employed | 569 (70.9%) | 184 (70.5%) | 385 (71.0%) | |
| Internet confidence, (n, %) | ||||
| Low | 126 (15.7%) | 37 (14%) | 89 (16%) | |
| High | 677 (84.3%) | 224 (85.8%) | 453 (83.6%) | |
| Education level, n (%) | ||||
| Low | 173 (21.5%) | 57 (22%) | 116 (21.4%) | |
| High | 630 (78.5%) | 204 (78.6%) | 426 (78.6%) | |
| Baseline physical activity level, n (%) | ||||
| Insufficient | 352 (43.8%) | 109 (41.8%) | 243 (44.8%) | |
| Sufficient | 451 (56.2%) | 152 (58.2%) | 299 (55.2%) | |
| Intervention condition, n (%) | ||||
| Video based | 258 (32.1%) | 31 (12%) | 227 (41.9%) | |
| Text based | 262 (32.6%) | 159 (60.9%) | 103 (19.0%) | |
| Combination | 283 (35.2%) | 71 (27%) | 212 (39.1%) | |
a No baseline differences were observed between matched and mismatched participants, except for intervention condition (χ2 2,801= 151.3, P < .001).
b Body mass index.