Table 1.
Sociodemographics and self-reported health status of survey respondents.
| Groups | Age (years) |
Gender (% female) (n) |
Race (% Caucasian) (n) |
Educationa | Incomeb | Marital status (% married) |
Rating of overall healthc (mean) |
Self-reported comorbi- ditiesd (mean) |
| Innovators | 55.4 | 79% (136/173) | 94% (163/173) |
76% (126/166) |
72% (108/150) |
68% (117/173) |
3.8 | 2.8 |
| Other users | 59.8 | 65% (116/179) |
90% (161/178) |
69% (120/173) |
63% (96/153) |
63% (112/179) |
3.5 | 3.4 |
| Laggards | 59.0 | 52% (84/162) |
94% (152/162) |
71% (112/157) |
75% (103/137) |
70% (114/162) |
3.6 | 3.3 |
| Rejecters | 58.3 | 75% (89/118) |
86% (101/118) |
61% (68/112) |
58% (61/105) |
64% (76/118) |
3.4 | 3.5 |
| Non-adopters | 61.7 | 72% (84/116) |
76% (88/116) |
50% (55/109) |
41% (41/101) |
47% (54/116) |
3.2 | 3.7 |
| P valuee | P=.001 | P<.001 | P<.001 | P=.001 | P=.001 | P=.001 | P=.001 | P=.001 |
aEducation is captured as 4-year college graduate or more.
bIncome is captured as $75,000 or more in total household income from all sources before taxes.
cRating of overall health is captured as: Excellent (5), Very Good (4), Good (3), Fair (2), or Poor (1).
dSelf-reported comorbidities included 11 conditions such as: allergies, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, and asthma or emphysema.
e P value for comparison of all five groups.