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. 2012 Jul;10(4):312–319. doi: 10.1370/afm.1383

Table 1.

Characteristics of Intervention and Control Patients

Characteristic Control Population (n = 2,250)
No. (%)
Intervention Population (n = 2,250)
No. (%)
Intervention Population Subgroup Analysis

Nonusers (n = 1,872)
No. (%)
Usersa (n = 378)
No. (%)
Age, years
 18–34 446 (19.8) 444 (19.7) 413 (22.0) 31 (8.2)
 35–49 675 (30.0) 677 (30.1) 580 (31.0) 97 (25.7)
 50–64 676 (30.0) 676 (30.0) 524 (28.0) 152 (40.2)
 65–75 453 (20.1) 453 (20.1) 355 (19.0) 98 (25.9)
Sex
 Male 1125 (50.0 1,126 (50.0) 915 (48.9) 211 (55.8)
 Female 1125 (50.0) 1,124 (50.0) 957 (51.1) 167 (44.2)
Raceb
 White 1,251 (79.6) 1,206 (79.2) 923 (78.1) 283 (83.5)
 African American 93 (6.0) 100 (6.6) 78 (6.6) 22 (6.5)
 Asian 149 (9.4) 145 (9.5) 120 (10.1) 25 (7.4)
 Other 63 (4.0) 51 (3.4) 42 (3.6) 9 (2.6)
 Unknown 16 (1.0) 19 (1.3) 19 (1.6) 0 (0.0)
 Hispanic ethnicityb
 Hispanic 95 (6.0) 90 (5.9) 81 (6.9) 9 (2.7)
 Non-Hispanic 1,477 (94.0) 1,431 (94.1) 1,101 (93.1) 330 (97.3)
Educationb
 College or higher 777 (67.7) 735 (64.5) 540 (62.8) 195 (69.9)
 Less than college 371 (32.3) 404 (35.5) 320 (37.2) 84 (30.1)
Comorbidities
 Diabetes 208 (9.2) 192 (8.5) 153 (8.2) 39 (10.3)
 Cancer 68 (3.0) 75 (3.3) 55 (2.9) 20 (5.3)
 Coronary artery disease 96 (4.3) 98 (4.4) 75 (4.0) 23 (6.1)
 Hyperlipidemia 733 (32.6) 696 (30.9) 544 (29.1) 152 (40.2)
 Hypertension 646 (28.7) 634 (28.2) 488 (26.1) 146 (38.6)
Use Internet at least once per dayb 868 (75.6) 839 (73.7) 614 (71.4) 225 (80.7)
a

There were statistically significant differences between users and nonusers for age (P <.001), sex (P=.02), ethnicity (P=.04), education (P = .03), percentage with cancer (P = .03), percentage with hyperlipidemia (P <.001), percentage with hypertension (P <.001), and Internet use (P=.002).

b

Only includes survey respondents, as data were not available in the electronic health record.