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. 2022 May 24;12(6):159. doi: 10.3390/bs12060159

Table 2.

Comparisons of engagement personas on participant demographics, characteristics, weight loss, and engagement metrics across 90 days.

Persona Not Identified 1
(n = 394)
Casual Members 2
(n = 303)
Mainstream Members 3
(n = 242)
Learners 4
(n = 306)
Data-Driven Members 5
(n = 222)
Enthusiasts 6
(n = 146)
All
(n = 1613)
Mean (SE)
% of n if <100
Age (years) 50.9 (0.5) 2,4,5 46.3 (0.6) 1,3,4,6 49.8 (0.7) 2,4,6 53.2 (0.5) 1,2,3,5 47.4 (0.6) 1,4,6 53.5 (0.8) 1,2,3,5 50.1 (0.3)
Body mass index (kg/m2) 37.3 (0.4) 2
82%
39.5 (0.5) 1,3,4,5,6
84%
37.4 (0.5) 2
95%
37.2 (0.4) 2
95%
37.5 (0.4) 2
93%
35.7 (0.6) 2
97%
37.5 (0.2)
90%
% weight loss at 4 months 2.7 (0.2) 6
65%
1.6 (0.2) 5,6
29%
2.0 (0.2) 6
52%
2.6 (0.2) 6
82%
3.1 (0.3) 2,6
80%
4.5 (0.3) 1,2,3,4,5
95%
2.8 (0.1)
64%
# of weigh-ins 29.0 (1.4) 2,3,4,5,6 6.4 (0.5) 1,3,4,5,6 16.8 (0.9) 1,2,5,6 19.7 (0.7) 1,2,5,6 39.4 (2.1) 1,2,3,4,6 70.9 (2.9) 1,2,3,4,5 26.4 (0.7)
# of meals logged 96.2 (3.5) 2,4,5,6 16.1 (0.8) 1,3,4,6 87.8 (3.0) 2,4,5,6 189.8 (4.8) 1,2,3,5 26.6 (1.2) 1,3,4,6 202.7 (8.9) 1,2,3,5 97.7 (2.3)
# of coaching exchanges 115.6 (3.0) 2,4,5,6 31.9 (1.0) 1,3,4,6 114.7 (3.3) 2,4,5,6 219.0 (5.4) 1,2,3,5,6 47.9 (1.5) 1,3,4,6 246.7 (12.5) 1,2,3,4,5 121.9 (2.6)
# of check-ins 34.9 (0.8) 2,4,5,6 6.7 (0.3) 1,3,4,5,6 35.7 (0.6) 2,4,5,6 71.2 (0.7) 1,2,3,5 11.6 (0.4) 1,2,3,4,6 68.9 (1.1) 1,2,3,5 36.5 (0.7)
% n
% of n if <100
Gender (% female) 70% 2 60% 1,3 76% 2,4,6 61% 3 67% 63% 3 66%
Race (% white) 72%
96%
68%
96%
74%
95%
72%
92%
70%
97%
77%
94%
72%
95%
Ethnicity (% Hispanic or Latino) 10%
96%
12%
96%
10%
95%
13%
92%
8%
97%
9%
94%
10%
95%
% in Facebook Group 46% 2,5,6 20% 1,3,4,5,6 42% 2,5,6 44% 2,5,6 29% 1,2,3,4,6 65% 1,2,3,4,5 39%

Note: Each engagement persona is labeled with a superscript 1–6. Superscripts within each cell indicate Tukey pairwise significant differences between personas at p < 0.05.