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. 2012 May 10;14(3):e71. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1965

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of control and intervention groups.

Characteristic		Intervention group (n = 33)	Control group (n = 32)	P value
Sex, n ^a				.87
	Male	20	21
	Female	13	11
Veterans, n^a		10	12	.72
Age (years), median (range)^b		56 (34–70)	61 (36–70)	.02
Years since diagnosis, median (range)^b		7 (.02–20)	8.5 (.12–19)	.96
Hemoglobin A1c, median (range)^b		7.0 (5.6–11.8)	6.9 (6.1–10.3)	.63
Diabetes numeracy (scale of 0–10), median (range)^b		8 (1–10)	8 (2–10)	.34
Frequency of self-monitoring (times/week), median (range)^b		5 (0.1–21)	2.75 (0–21)	.13
Have email?, n^a		29	29	.96
Frequency of non-job email use (x/week), median (range)^b		14 (0–14)	14 (0–14)	.65
Have a personal health record?, n^a		12	10	.86
Nonwalking physical activity (metabolic equivalents × minutes/week), median (range)^b		960 (0–8820)	512 (0–8640)	.12
Walking (minutes/week), median (range)^b		90 (0–1080)	145(0–2100)	.27
Knowledge (Diabetes Knowledge Test, scale of 0–14), median (range)^b		12 (5–14)	12 (6–14)	.55
Behavioral intention (scale of 1–7), median (range)^b		5 (1–7)	6 (1–7)	.08

^aChi-square test.

^bKruskal-Wallis test.