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Table 1 User demographics

From: A retrospective analysis of real-world use of the eaTracker® My Goals website by adults from Ontario and Alberta, Canada

 

All users (n = 8,067)

Female (n = 6,717)

Male (n = 1,350)

p valueb

Province of Residence

 Ontario – non EatRight Ontario message user

4,499 (55.8 %)

3,628 (54.0 %)

871 (64.5 %)

<0.001c

 Ontario – EatRight Ontario message user

2,195 (27.2 %)

1,938 (28.9 %)

257 (19.0 %)

 Alberta user

1,373 (17.0 %)

1,151 (17.1 %)

222 (16.4 %)

 

Age (years)

41.1 ± 15.0

41.4 ± 14.7

39.8 ± 16.5

0.001

Age Category (years)

 19–30

2,521 (31.3 %)

1,987 (29.6 %)

534 (39.6 %)

<0.001

 31–50

2,981 (37.0 %)

2,580 (38.4 %)

401 (29.7 %)

 51–70

2,436 (30.2 %)

2,058 (30.6 %)

378 (28.0 %)

 71–85

129 (1.6 %)

92 (1.4 %)

37 (2.7 %)

BMI (kg/m2)a

28.8 ± 7.6

28.8 ± 7.7

28.7 ± 6.8

0.7

BMI Category (n ( %))a

 <18.5

162 (2.0 %)

140 (2.1 %)

22 (1.6 %)

<0.001

 18.5–24.9

2,684 (33.5 %)

2,295 (34.4 %)

389 (29.0 %)

 25.0–29.9

2,291 (28.6 %)

1,823 (27.3 %)

468 (34.9 %)

 ≥30

2,872 (35.9 %)

2,409 (36.1 %)

463 (34.5 %)

Activity Level (n ( %))

 Sedentary

1,242 (15.4 %)

1,071 (15.9 %)

171 (12.7 %)

<0.001

 Low Active

4,106 (50.9 %)

3,549 (52.8 %)

557 (41.3 %)

 Active

2,345 (29.1 %)

1,840 (27.4 %)

505 (37.4 %)

 Very Active

344 (4.3 %)

229 (3.4 %)

115 (8.5 %)

 Not Specified

30 (0.4 %)

28 (0.4 %)

2 (0.1 %)

Pregnant (n (%))

 No

 

6,594 (98.2 %)

  

 Yes

 

123 (1.8 %)

  

Breastfeeding (n (%))

 No

 

6,585 (98.0 %)

  

 Yes

 

132 (2.0 %)

  

Types of Goals Set (n ( %))

 Ready-made only

5,480 (67.9 %)

4,540 (67.6 %)

940 (69.6 %)

0.001

 Write your own only

1,507 (18.7 %)

1,236 (18.4 %)

271 (20.1 %)

 Both

1,080 (13.4 %)

941 (14.0 %)

139 (10.3 %)

Average Number of Goals Set

2.0 ± 1.3

Median: 2

Range: 1–20

2.1 ± 1.3

Median: 2

Range: 1–20

1.9 ± 1.2

Median: 1

Range: 1–15

<0.001

 Ready-made goals

1.5 ± 1.3

1.6 ± 1.3

1.4 ± 1.2

<0.001

 Write your own goals

0.5 ± 1.0

0.5 ± 1.0

0.4 ± 0.9

0.01

  1. Province of Residence, age, sex, BMI, activity level, pregnancy status, and breastfeeding status were self-reported
  2. aBMI data were based on self-reported height and weight and available for n = 8,009 (n = 6,667 females; n = 1,342 males) users
  3. bchi-square test or independent samples t-test to test differences between males and females
  4. cchi-square test only included Ontario users
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