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. 2017 Jan 9;19(1):e6. doi: 10.2196/jmir.6644

Table 3.

Control arm: demographic and outcome differences by usage pattern (n=437).

Demographics Mid or high user, n (%) Low user, n (%) No or minimal user, n (%)
No. of participants 164 (36.7) 157 (37.1) 116 (26.2)
Income (P<.001)

Low income 54 (32.9) 52 (33.1) 62 (53.5)

Not low income 110 (67.1) 105 (66.9) 54 (46.5)
BMIa at screening (P=.06)

Normal range BMI 100 (61.0) 92 (58.6) 55 (47.4)

Overweight BMI 51 (31.1) 42 (26.8) 46 (39.7)

Obese BMI 13 (7.9) 23 (24.6) 15 (12.9)
Strata (P=.002)

Normal weight and lower income 27 (16.5) 28 (17.8) 31 (26.7)

Normal weight and higher income 73 (44.5) 64 (40.8) 24 (20.7)

Overweight or obese and lower income 27 (16.5) 24 (15.3) 31 (26.7)

Overweight or obese and higher income 37 (22.5) 41 (26.1) 30 (25.9)
Race (P<.001)

Black 22 (13.4) 23 (14.6) 37 (31.9)

White 120 (73.2) 116 (73.9) 60 (51.7)

Other 22 (13.4) 18 (11.5) 19 (16.4)
Hispanic (P=.55)

Yes 19 (11.6) 14 (9.0) 15 (12.9)

No 145 (88.4) 143 (91.0) 101 (87.1)
Relation group (P<.001)

Single 53 (32.3) 52 (33.3) 66 (57.9)

Ever married 111 (67.7) 104 (66.7) 48 (42.1)
Parity (P=.005)

Nulliparous 88 (53.7) 86 (54.8) 44 (37.9)

Primiparous 49 (29.9) 46 (29.3) 35 (30.2)

Multiparous 27 (16.4) 25 (15.9) 37 (31.9)
Age categories, years (P=.003)

18 to <25 37 (22.6) 33 (21.0) 46 (39.6)

25 to <30 55 (33.5) 57 (36.3) 38 (32.8)

>30 72 (43.9) 67 (42.7) 32 (27.6)
Outcomes
   Total gestational weight gain (P=.62)

   Exceeded recommended amount 62 (43.7) 72 (49.3) 43 (45.3)

   Did not exceed recommended amount 80 (56.3) 74 (50.7) 52 (54.7)
   Rate of gestational weight gain (P=.54)

   Exceeded recommended rate 103 (70.6) 104 (71.2) 63 (65.0)

   Did not exceed recommended rate 43 (29.4.1) 42 (28.8) 34 (36.0)
Gestational weight gain, kg (P=.17)b, mean (SD) 14.48 (5.07) 14.19 (5.05) 13.21 (5.60)

aBMI: body mass index.

bAnalysis of variance test results shown; all other P values provided in the table are chi-square P values.