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. 2014 Oct 22;2(4):e43. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.3710

Table 3.

Multivariate logistic regression model for factors predicting the download of mobile health apps (N=848).a

Variable Adjusted OR 95% CI P value
Age (years)
0.96 0.95-0.97 <.001
Race/ethnicity .002b

Caucasian reference


Filipino 0.89 0.54-1.48 .66

Korean 0.52 0.31-0.88 .02

Latino 0.37 0.20-0.69 .002
Education .005b

High school or some high school reference


College or some college 2.62 1.44-4.80 .002

Graduate school 2.93 1.43-6.0 .003
Family member with MIc
2.02 1.16-3.51 .013
Type of survey .001

Online survey reference


Paper survey 0.50 0.34-0.75

aBackward elimination step-wise multiple logistic regression (Wald). Variables entered in initial model: race/ethnicity, age, gender, marital status, years lived in the United States, education, primary language is English, body mass index, smokes cigarettes, has high blood pressure, has high cholesterol, family member with diabetes, family member with heart attack, physical inactivity, perceived risk for MI, self-reported health status, discussed diabetes with provider, and survey type completed.

bOverall P value.

cMI: myocardial infarction.