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. 2021 Jun 3;23(6):e26421. doi: 10.2196/26421

Table 3.

Characteristics of users according to latent profile groupings.

Covariates Class 1 (n=260) Class 2 (n=378) Class 3 (n=190) P value
Characteristics used to determine classes, mean (SD)

Age (years) 34 (11) 36 (11) 28 (6) a

Food content score 28.7 (4.89) 28.9 (4.22) 24.2 (4.67)

Eating behavior score 12.5 (1.71) 12.4 (1.59) 10.4 (2.32)

Self-report interactions click count 12.3 (7.77) 0.2 (0.44) 1.2 (1.26)

Health self-evaluation 0.64 (0.15) 0.63 (0.14) 0.5 (0.15)

Modified SF6Db 0.73 (0.14) 0.74 (0.12) 0.62 (0.13)
Other characteristics at baseline

Female, n (%) 200 (76.9) 294 (77.8) 140 (73.7) .55

BMI, mean (SD) 29.46 (4.15) 30.07 (4.63) 30.54 (4.65) .04

Assigned to coaching, n (%) 107 (41.2) 194 (51.3) 107 (56.3) <.001
Stage of change (physical activity) at baseline, % (95% CI) <.001

Precontemplation 3.9 (1.5, 6.2) 2.4 (0.8, 3.9) 4.2 (1.4, 7.1)

Contemplation 20.0 (15.1, 24.9) 19.8 (15.8, 23.9) 33.2 (26.5, 39.9)

Preparation 30.8 (25.2, 36.4) 33.1 (28.3, 37.8) 44.2 (37.2, 51.3)

Action 12.7 (8.7, 16.7) 10.3 (7.3, 13.4) 8.4 (4.5, 12.4)

Maintenance 29.6 (24.1, 35.2) 20.4 (16.3, 24.4) 8.4 (4.5, 12.4)

Did not respond 3.1 (1.0, 5.2) 14.0 (10.5, 17.5) 1.6 (0, 3.4)
Marital status, % (95% CI) .27

Did not respond 38.9 (32.9, 44.8) 64.6 (59.7, 69.4) 58.4 (51.4, 65.4)

Married 23.1 (18.0, 28.2) 12.7 (9.3, 16.1) 10.5 (6.2, 14.9)

Divorced 3.9 (1.5, 6.2) 2.7 (1.0, 4.3) 1.58 (0, 3.4)

Single 33.9 (28.1, 39.6) 19.6 (15.6, 23.6) 29.5 (23.0, 36.0)

Widowed 0.4 (0, 1.1) 0.5 (0, 1.26) 0 (0, 0)
Health goal, % (95% CI) <.001

Did not respond 41.5 (35.6, 47.5) 67.5 (62.7, 72.2) 60.5 (53.6, 67.5)

Lose weight 44.2 (38.2, 50.3) 24.1 (19.8, 28.4) 30.5 (24.0, 37.1)

Improve habits or health 14.2 (10.0, 18.4) 8.5 (5.7, 11.3) 9.0 (4.9, 13.0)
Highest educational degree, % (95% CI) <.001

Did not respond 39.6 (33.7, 45.6) 65.1 (60.3, 70.0) 57.9 (50.9, 64.9)

High school 9.2 (5.7, 12.8) 4.76 (2.6, 6.9) 12.1 (7.5, 16.7)

University degree 20.8 (15.8, 25.7) 16.1 (12.4, 19.9) 21.6 (15.7, 27.4)

Postgraduate degree 30.4 (24.8, 36.0) 14.0 (10.5, 17.5) 8.4 (4.5, 12.4)

aNot available.

bSF6D: Short Form Six-Dimension.