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. 2018 Dec 14;6(12):e11175. doi: 10.2196/11175

Table 2.

The effect of user characteristics on measures of engagement (number of sessions and time on app).

User characteristics Sessions, median (IQRa) Unadjusted simple linear regression Adjustedb multiple regression Time on app (min), median (IQR) Unadjusted simple linear regression Adjustedb multiple regression
Bc (95% CI) P value B (95% CI) P value B (95% CI) P value B (95% CI) P value
Age (years) d .02 (0.02 to 0.03) <.001 .03 (0.02 to 0.03) <.001 .03 (0.02 to 0.03) <.001 .03 (0.02 to 0.03) <.001
Gender

Male (reference; n=295) 7 (2 to 18) 16 (8 to 34)

Female (n=377) 5 (2 to 15) .14 (−0.05 to 0.33) .14 .12 (−0.07 to 0.31) .21 18 (9 to 41) .13 (−0.02 to 0.29) .09 .11 (−0.03 to 0.26) .13
Employment status

Unemployed (reference; n=91) 5 (1 to 15) 15 (9 to 37)

Employed (n=581) 6 (2 to 17) .23 (−0.04 to 0.51) .10 .27 (−0.01 to 0.54) .06 18 (9 to 37) .06 (−0.16 to 0.28) .61 .12 (−0.10 to 0.34) .27
Ethnicity

White (reference; n=640) 5 (2 to 17) 17 (9 to 38)

Not white (n=32) 6 (2 to 16) −.09 (−0.54 to 0.35) .68 .01 (−0.43 to 0.45) .96 17 (10 to 27) −.06 (−0.42 to 0.29) .74 .04 (−0.30 to 0.39) .81
Educational qualification

Pre-16 (reference; n=188) 4 (2 to 13) 15 (8 to 34)

Post-16 (n=484) 6 (2 to 18) .31 (0.10 to 0.52) .004 .36 (0.15 to 0.57) <.001 18 (9 to 41) .12 (−0.05 to 0.28) .18 .18 (0.02 to 0.16) .03
Current smoker

Yes (reference; n=165) 4 (2 to 16) 15 (8 to 29)

No (n=507) 6 (2 to 18) .20 (−0.02 to 0.42) .08 .01 (−0.22 to 0.23) .96 18 (9 to 39) .16 (−0.01 to 0.34) .07 −.02 (−0.19 to 0.16) .84
Past week alcohol consumption (units)e 0 (0) .570 0 (0) .75 0 (0) .47 0 (0) .37
Alcohol use (AUDITf score) −.01 (−0.02 to 0) .19 −.01 (−0.02 to 0.01) .42 0 (–0.01 to 0.01) .64 0 (–0.01 to 0.01) .94

aIQR: interquartile range.

bAdjusted for all sociodemographic variables, AUDIT score, and treatment group (unless otherwise specified).

cUnstandardized regression coefficient.

dNot applicable.

eAdjusted for all sociodemographic variables and treatment group (not AUDIT score).

fAUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test.