Table 1

Characteristics of Intervention and Control Patients

CharacteristicControl Population (n = 2,250)
No. (%)
Intervention Population (n = 2,250)
No. (%)
Intervention Population Subgroup Analysis
Nonusers (n = 1,872)
No. (%)
Usersa (n = 378)
No. (%)
Age, years
 18–34446 (19.8)444 (19.7)413 (22.0)31 (8.2)
 35–49675 (30.0)677 (30.1)580 (31.0)97 (25.7)
 50–64676 (30.0)676 (30.0)524 (28.0)152 (40.2)
 65–75453 (20.1)453 (20.1)355 (19.0)98 (25.9)
Sex
 Male1125 (50.01,126 (50.0)915 (48.9)211 (55.8)
 Female1125 (50.0)1,124 (50.0)957 (51.1)167 (44.2)
Raceb
 White1,251 (79.6)1,206 (79.2)923 (78.1)283 (83.5)
 African American93 (6.0)100 (6.6)78 (6.6)22 (6.5)
 Asian149 (9.4)145 (9.5)120 (10.1)25 (7.4)
 Other63 (4.0)51 (3.4)42 (3.6)9 (2.6)
 Unknown16 (1.0)19 (1.3)19 (1.6)0 (0.0)
 Hispanic ethnicityb
 Hispanic95 (6.0)90 (5.9)81 (6.9)9 (2.7)
 Non-Hispanic1,477 (94.0)1,431 (94.1)1,101 (93.1)330 (97.3)
Educationb
 College or higher777 (67.7)735 (64.5)540 (62.8)195 (69.9)
 Less than college371 (32.3)404 (35.5)320 (37.2)84 (30.1)
Comorbidities
 Diabetes208 (9.2)192 (8.5)153 (8.2)39 (10.3)
 Cancer68 (3.0)75 (3.3)55 (2.9)20 (5.3)
 Coronary artery disease96 (4.3)98 (4.4)75 (4.0)23 (6.1)
 Hyperlipidemia733 (32.6)696 (30.9)544 (29.1)152 (40.2)
 Hypertension646 (28.7)634 (28.2)488 (26.1)146 (38.6)
Use Internet at least once per dayb868 (75.6)839 (73.7)614 (71.4)225 (80.7)
  • a There were statistically significant differences between users and nonusers for age (P <.001), sex (P=.02), ethnicity (P=.04), education (P = .03), percentage with cancer (P = .03), percentage with hyperlipidemia (P <.001), percentage with hypertension (P <.001), and Internet use (P=.002).

  • b Only includes survey respondents, as data were not available in the electronic health record.