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. 2013 Aug 19;15(8):e177. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2775

Table 2.

Differences between small, medium, and large LHDs reported by frequency and percentage.

Variable Small Medium Large Total P value
Original tweet 851 (33%) 871 (87.1%) 856 (86.6%) 2578/3000 (85.9%) .41
Tweet truncated 231 (50.8%) 152 (15.2%) 72 (7%) 455/3000 (15.2%) <.001
Tweet truncated from Facebook 109 (50%) 82 (38%) 27 (12%) 218/3000 (7.3%) <.001
Retweet 147 (35.3%) 130 (31.2%) 140 (33.6%) 417/3000 (13.9%) .54
@Reply 3 (10%) 8 (27%) 19 (63%) 30/3000 (0.01%) .001
@username 178 (30.1%) 184 (31.1%) 230 (38.9%) 592/3000 (19.7%) .06
Redirect to another link, websites, etc, to learn more 706 (31.9%) 708 (32.0%) 797 (36%) 2211/3000 (73.7%) <.001
Use of personal pronouns (1st and 2nd person) 401 (36.4%) 369 (33.5%) 332 (30.1%) 1102/3000 (36.7%) .006
Hashtags (#) 116 (23.9%) 135 (27.8%) 235 (48.4%) 486/3000 (16.2%) <.001
Organization—Overall 438 (36.9%) 382 (32.2%) 366 (30.9%) 1186/3000 (39.5%) .003
Organization—Information 241 (39.2%) 201 (32.7%) 173 (28.1%) 615/1186 (51.9%) .08
Organization—Engagement 132 (31.8%) 125 (30.1%) 158(38.1%) 415/1186 (35.0%) <.001
Organization—Action 68 (43%) 56 (35%) 34 (22%) 158/1186 (13.3%) .02
Personal Health—Overall 509 (30.3%) 574 (34.1%) 599 (35.6%) 1682/3000 (56.0%) <.001
Personal Health—Information 322 (32.7%) 321 (32.6%) 341 (34.7%) 984/1682 (58.5%) .03
Personal Health—Action 187 (26.8%) 254 (36.4%) 256 (36.7%) 697/1682 (41.4%) .03