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. 2018 Aug 8;4:31. doi: 10.21037/mhealth.2018.07.02

Table 1. Cell phone/smart phone ownership and use of health apps based on demographics.

Variables Overall (N=103) [%] Own cell phone Own a smart phone Use health apps§
n=84 [82] (%) P n=70 [88] (%) P n=27 [39] (%) P
Age 0.098 0.097 0.83
   18–29 30 [34] 27 [90] 24 [92] 9 [38]
   30–49 42 [47] 35 [83] 32 [91] 14 [44]
   50–64 14 [16] 11 [79] 8 [80] 4 [50]
   ≥65 3 [3] 1 [33] 1 [33] 0
Gender 0.54 1.00 0.58
   Female 68 [74] 54 [79] 47 [89] 21 [45]
   Male 24 [26] 21 [88] 17 [89] 6 [35]
Race/ethnicity 0.031 0.84 0.85
   Hispanic/Latino 67 [67] 51 [76] 44 [88] 17 [39]
   Non-Hispanic Black 27 [27] 26 [96] 21 [84] 43 [43]
   Other 6 [6] 6 [100] 4 [100] 1 [25]
Income 0.094 0.24 0.77
   < $30,000/year 49 [71] 41 [84] 31 [82] 13 [42]
   ≥ $30,000/year 20 [29] 20 [100] 19 [95] 9 [47]
Education 0.17 1.00 0.0088
   < High school 39 [40] 30 [77] 24 [89] 4 [17]
   ≥ High school 59 [60] 52 [88] 45[88] 23 [51]
Insurance 0.011 0.073 0.80
   Medicare 7 [7] 4 [57] 2 [50] 1 [50]
   Medicaid 31 [31] 25 [81] 24 [96] 10 [42]
   Private 25 [25] 25 [100] 18 [82] 8 [44]
   Uninsured 37 [37] 29 [78] 25 [89] 8 [32]

, number of participants with missing information for the following variables: age [14], gender [11], race/ethnicity [3], income [34], education [5], insurance [3]; , only those who reported owning a cell phone were asked if their cell phone is a smart phone; §, only those who reported owning a smart phone were asked about health apps.