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. 2013 Jul 4;15(7):e129. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2540

Table 4.

Website use by BLC and SC participants from enrollment to 8 weeks.


BLC (n=953) SC (n=381) P value

Percentage used,
% (n)
Frequencya
(median IQR)
Percentage used,
% (n)
Frequencya
(median IQR)
Percentage usedb
%
Frequencyc
Weekly weigh-in 97.8 (932) 5 (2-8) 97.6 (372) 5 (2-8) .86 .83
Online diary—food 86.3 (822) 11 (3-28) 80.6 (307) 8 (1-25) .009 .006
Online diary—exercise 77.7 (740) 4 (1-11) 73.2 (279) 5 (0-14) .09 .46
Discussion forum posts 39.9 (380) 0 (0-2) 73.8 (281) 5 (0-22) <.001 <.001
Discussion forum views 19.6 (187) 0 (0-0) 55.4 (211) 1 (0-8) <.001 <.001
Accessed menu plan 91.0 (867) 3 (1-9) 96.3 (367) 8 (3-15) <.001 <.001
Accessed physical activity plan 84.2 (802) 2 (1-4) 94.8 (361) 6 (3-11) <.001 <.001
Accessed weekly educational tips and challenges 88.9 (847) 2 (1-5) 93.4 (356) 5 (2-8) .01 <.001
Attended weekly online meeting (webinar) N/A N/A 57.0 (217) 1 (0-2) N/A N/A

aFrequency is the number of days the feature was used.

bDifference between the two programs tested using chi-square test.

cDifference between the two programs tested using Wilcoxon Rank Sum test.