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. 2019 Jan 14;7(1):e12228. doi: 10.2196/12228

Table 2.

Differences in device ownership and use among patients with hypertension according to demographics. Sample sizes reflect the number of participants with nonmissing values for device question and characteristics.

Demographic “Yes” to having a tablet (%) “Yes” to having a smartphone (%) “Yes” to having a mobile phone (%) “Yes” to having a tablet or smartphonea (%) “Yes” to having a tablet and smartphoneb (%)
Age group, years N=1389 N=1379 N=1350 N=1396 N=1377

18-34 89.6 90.2 1.0 99.5 80.4

35-49 61.1 86.7 15.5 93.9 46.1

50-64 60.3 74.2 26.7 81.6 52.7

65-74 51.4 60.9 40.4 68.2 43.3

≥75 29.0 29.9 47.3 41.7 16.5
Race/ethnicity N=1274 N=1267 N=1246 N=1277 N=1266

Non-Hispanic white 58.1 71.7 26.9 79.5 50.0

Non-Hispanic black 59.7 75.4 27.2 82.1 52.9

Hispanic 48.9 74.8 24.5 80.1 43.3

Non-Hispanic Asian 55.5 75.0 21.1 75.0 55.5

Non-Hispanic other 78.8 60.2 44.5 83.4 55.7
Gender N=1432 N=1419 N=1389 N=1440 N=1417

Male 52.9 67.1 27.4 74.9 44.9

Female 56.9 68.8 29.8 75.8 49.2
Education N=1410 N=1398 N=1370 N=1417 N=1396

Less than high school 40.7 46.5 29.5 52.8 34.3

High school 44.9 53.4 43.6 66.4 31.1

Some college 56.7 74.4 23.1 79.6 51.1

College degree or higher 70.8 86.6 17.6 91.9 65.4

aIncludes participants with nonmissing values for either device question (tablet or smartphone).

bIncludes participants with nonmissing values for both device questions (tablet and smartphone).