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. 2022 Jun 22;24(6):e35285. doi: 10.2196/35285

Table 4.

Changes in children’s and parents’ health outcomes across digital phenotypes (N=214).

Participants and health outcomes Child phenotypes Parent phenotypes

Chi-square (df) P value Chi-square (df) P value
Children

BMI z scores 0.5 (3) .93 9.1 (4)a .06a

Total energy, daily (kcal per day) 7.2 (3)a .07a 8.2 (4)a .08a

Healthy Eating Index (range 0-100 points) 0.3 (3) .96 1.9 (4) .76

Fruits and vegetables (daily servings) 0.2 (3) .98 3.6 (4) .47

Saturated and trans fat (g per day) 5.4 (3) .15 5.5 (4) .24

Total fiber (g per day) 1.5 (3) .68 1.5 (4) .84

Total sugar (g per day) 11.8 (3)a .01a 5.4 (4) .25

Sugary beverages (kcal per day) 6.7 (3)a .09a 5.5 (4) .24

Total physical activity (minutes per week) 2.5 (3) .47 0.6 (4) .96

Fitbit (steps per day) 2.1 (3) .55 3.2 (4) .52

Screen time (minutes per day) 4.9 (3) .18 2.3 (4) .69
Parents

Daily frequency of sugary beverages (times per day) N/Ab N/A 1.2 (4) .88

Daily frequency of fruit juice (times per day) N/A N/A 6.5 (4) .16

Fruit and vegetables (servings per day) N/A N/A 2.4 (4) .67

Walking (minutes per day) N/A N/A 4.0 (4) .41

Moderate and vigorous physical activity (minutes per day) N/A N/A 2.0 (4) .75

Screen time (minutes per week) N/A N/A 7.1 (4) .13

aIndicate significant (P<.05) or borderline significant (P<.10) interactions (time×digital phenotype) for which pairwise comparisons between phenotypes were further explored.

bN/A: not applicable.