Table 2.
Characteristics of individuals who responded to SMS campaigns (n=520), and differences among those who responded to the initial SMS and completed the survey (n=153) and those who were forwarded the SMS from family and friends and completed the survey (n=343).
| Characteristic | Total (n=520) |
Initial SMS (n=153) |
Family/friends (n=343) | Differences between initial SMS and family/friends | ||
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Chi-square (df) | t test (df) | |
| Gender (female), n (%) | 334 (67.3) | 76 (49.7) | 258 (75.2) | 31.4 (1)a | N/Ab | |
| Age group (years), n (%) | ||||||
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≥21-<45 | 292 (58.3) | 97 (63.4) | 195 (56.9) | 2.0 (2) | N/A |
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45-65 | 188 (38.5) | 51 (33.3) | 137 (39.9) | N/A | N/A |
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>65 | 16 (3.3) | 5 (3.3) | 11 (3.2) | N/A | N/A |
| BMI, mean (SD) | 29.7 (6.0) | 30.0 (6.0) | 29.6 (6.0) | N/A | 0.7 (493) | |
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Underweight, n (%) | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.3) | 1.0 (3) | N/A |
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Normal | 98 (19.8) | 27 (17.6) | 71 (20.8) | N/A | N/A |
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Overweight | 189 (38.2) | 60 (39.2) | 129 (37.7) | N/A | N/A |
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Obese | 206 (41.6) | 65 (42.5) | 141 (41.2) | N/A | N/A |
| Physically active (yes), n (%) | 228 (45.2) | 78 (51.0) | 150 (43.7) | 2.2 (1) | N/A | |
| Parents with diabetes (yes), n (%) | 327 (65.5) | 106 (69.3) | 221 (64.4) | 1.1 (1) | N/A | |
| Siblings with diabetes (yes), n (%) | 167 (33.2) | 54 (35.3) | 113 (32.9) | 3.4 (1) | N/A | |
| Risk score, mean (SD) | 9.2 (4.7) | 8.9 (4.7) | 9.3 (4.7) | N/A | 0.9 (494) | |
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<9 | 187 (37.7) | 61 (39.9) | 126 (36.7) | 0.4 (1) | N/A |
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>9 | 309 (62.3) | 92 (60.1) | 217 (63.3) | N/A | N/A |
aP<.001.
bN/A: Not applicable.