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. 2019 Apr 22;13(3):445–456. doi: 10.1177/1932296819839503

Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics of Valid Versus Invalid Records.

Total Total
Valid
Invalid
P value
227 138 (60.8%) 89 (39.2%)
Participation
Completed immediate follow-up 223 (98.2%) 134 (97.1%) 89 (100.0%) .1051
Time to complete immediate follow-up (in minutes) <.0001
 Median (interquartile range) 8.00 (2.0-13.0) 12.00 (9.0-16.0) 1.00 (1.0-3.0)
Completed 2-week follow-up 192 (84.6%) 122 (88.4%) 70 (78.7%) .0469
Randomization .8499
 Peer-delivered materials 114 (50.2%) 70 (50.7%) 44 (49.4%)
 Provider-delivered materials 113 (49.8%) 68 (49.3%) 45 (50.6%)
Sociodemographics
Age at baseline (years) .1292
 Mean (standard deviation) 20.63 (1.57) 20.49 (1.53) 20.83 (1.62)
Sex <.0001
 Male 81 (35.7%) 27 (19.6%) 54 (60.7%)
 Female 146 (64.3%) 111 (80.4%) 35 (39.3%)
Race/ethnicity .0005
 White, non-Hispanic 201 (88.5%) 114 (82.6%) 87 (97.8%)
 Hispanic or non-white 26 (11.5%) 24 (17.4%) 2 (2.2%)
Parental education <.0001
 ≤High school or unknown 17 (7.5%) 11 (8.0%) 6 (6.7%)
 Some college, no degree 26 (11.5%) 20 (14.5%) 6 (6.7%)
 Associate’s degree 85 (37.4%) 14 (10.1%) 71 (79.8%)
 Bachelor’s degree 54 (23.8%) 48 (34.8%) 6 (6.7%)
 Graduate degree 45 (19.8%) 45 (32.6%) 0 (0.0%)
Year in school <.0001
 Freshman 43 (18.9%) 19 (13.8%) 24 (27.0%)
 Sophomore 62 (27.3%) 42 (30.4%) 20 (22.5%)
 Junior 87 (38.3%) 42 (30.4%) 45 (50.6%)
 Senior 21 (9.3%) 21 (15.2%) 0 (0.0%)
 5th year or grad student 14 (6.2%) 14 (10.1%) 0 (0.0%)
Enrollment status .0006
 Full-time 210 (92.5%) 121 (87.7%) 89 (100.0%)
 Part-time or other 17 (7.5%) 17 (12.3%) 0 (0.0%)
Region of college/university .0685
 US, Northeast 77 (33.9%) 38 (27.5%) 39 (43.8%)
 US, Midwest 53 (23.3%) 35 (25.4%) 18 (20.2%)
 US, South 76 (35.5%) 51 (37.0%) 25 (28.1%)
 US, West 17 (7.5%) 10 (7.2%) 7 (7.9%)
 Outside US 4 (1.8%) 4 (2.9%) 0 (0.0%)
Health and diabetes management
Age at diagnosis (years) <.0001
 Mean (standard deviation) 12.11 (4.81) 10.88 (5.17) 14.03 (3.41)
Last hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c, %) .1721
 Mean (standard deviation) 7.57 (1.23) 7.62 (1.26) 7.50 (1.19)
Insulin pump use <.0001
 Current user 205 (90.3%) 116 (84.1%) 89 (100.0%)
 Not a current user 22 (9.7%) 22 (15.9%) 0 (0.0%)
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) use <.0001
 Current user 172 (75.8%) 83 (60.1%) 89 (100.0%)
 Not a current user 55 (24.2%) 55 (39.9%) 0 (0.0%)
Average blood sugar checks .0195
 0-2 times/day 48 (21.1%) 25 (18.1%) 23 (25.8%)
 3-4 times/day 91 (40.1%) 52 (37.7%) 39 (43.8%)
 5-6 times/day 59 (26.0%) 36 (26.1%) 23 (25.8%)
 7+ times/day 29 (12.8%) 25 (18.1%) 4 (4.5%)
Self-rated health <.0001
 Fair/poor 25 (11.0%) 14 (10.1%) 11 (12.4%)
 Good 105 (46.3%) 61 (44.2%) 44 (49.4%)
 Very good 67 (29.5%) 54 (39.1%) 13 (14.6%)
 Excellent 30 (13.2%) 9 (6.5%) 21 (23.6%)
Recruitment source
Sampling framea
 College Diabetes Network (CDN) 148 (65.2%) 87 (63.0%) 61 (68.5%) .3961
 TuDiabetes 40 (17.6%) 13 (9.4%) 27 (30.3%) <.0001
 Other source 45 (19.8%) 42 (30.4%) 3 (3.4%) <.0001
Platforma
 CDN Facebook 74 (32.6%) 49 (35.5%) 25 (28.1%) .2444
 CDN Twitter 10 (4.4%) 4 (2.9%) 6 (6.7%) .1684
 TuDiabetes Facebook 19 (8.4%) 8 (5.8%) 11 (12.4%) .0813
 TuDiabetes Twitter 8 (3.5%) 0 (0.0%) 8 (9.0%) .0030
 TuDiabetes Instagram 3 (1.3%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (3.4%) .0299
 CDN Newsletter 68 (30.0%) 37 (26.8%) 31 (34.8%) .1978
 TuDiabetes Newsletter 5 (2.2%) 1 (0.7%) 4 (4.5%) .0589
 TuDiabetes Website 4 (1.8%) 3 (2.2%) 1 (1.1%) .5571
Other (from free text response) .8970
 Friend 19 (8.4%) 18 (13.0%) 1 (1.1%)
 Family/doctor 11 (4.8%) 10 (7.2%) 1 (1.1%)
 Other 19 (8.4%) 18 (13.0%) 1 (1.1%)

Column percentages are shown. Note that invalid records likely do not reflect unique individuals, instead representing duplicative entries from a small number of persons.

a

Sampling frame and platform are not mutually exclusive.