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. 2020 Nov 6;8(11):e22212. doi: 10.2196/22212

Table 4.

Beta regressions estimating the effect of user characteristics on user engagement (user activity ratio) for nonautomated modules.

User characteristics App module

Medication (n=3933; average UARa=9 days) Food (n=3821; average UAR=9 days)

MEb P value Days ME P value Days
Sociodemographic

Gender (reference=male)


Female −0.019 <.001 −3.42 −0.014 <.001 −2.52


Unknown −0.020 <.001 −3.60 −0.015 <.001 −2.70

Age (reference=30-40 years)


<30 years 0.000 .99 0.00 0.000 .59 0.00


40-50 years 0.003 .23 0.54 0.003 .06 0.54


50-60 years 0.007 .004 1.26 0.007 <.001 1.26


60-70 years 0.009 .003 1.62 0.010 <.001 1.80


>70 years 0.008 .098 1.44 0.009 .03 1.62


Unknown −0.003 .69 −0.54 0.008 .42 1.44
BMI ( reference =normal)

Underweight (BMI<18.5) −0.007 .73 −1.26 −0.020 .007 −3.60

Overweight (25≤BMI<30) 0.010 .12 1.80 0.009 .19 1.62

Obese (30≤BMI) 0.003 .50 0.54 −0.001 .81 −0.18

Unknown 0.000 .99 0.00 −0.003 .50 −0.54
Diagnosis

Type (reference=type 1 diabetes)


Type 2 diabetes 0.004 .095 0.72 0.000 .89 0.00


Prediabetes 0.016 .097 2.88 0.007 .10 1.26


Other 0.018 .05 3.24 0.003 .48 0.54


Unknown 0.038 <.001 6.84 0.014 .01 2.52

Recently diagnosed (reference=no)


Yes 0.002 .16 0.36 0.003 .09 0.54


Unknown −0.012 .16 −2.16 −0.003 .46 −0.54
Disease status

Treatment (reference=noninsulin)


Insulin treatment 0.002 .17 0.36 −0.004 .02 −0.72


Unknown 0.014 .12 2.52 0.007 .02 1.26

Blood glucose in control (reference=no)


Yes −0.005 .20 −0.90 0.000 .97 0.00


Unknown −0.015 <.001 −2.70 −0.012 <.001 −2.16
Usage

Number of modules used 0.015 <.001 2.70 0.009 <.001 1.62

aUAR: user activity ratio.

bME: marginal effect reflecting the change in the outcome as the continuous variable changes by one unit (from 0 to 1 for categorical variables).