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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.