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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of app users and non-app users

From: The use of geosocial networking smartphone applications and the risk of sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis

First author (Year)

Age Mean ± SD or n (%)

Sexual orientation n (%)

Race/ethnicity n (%)

Education n (%)

Group

app users

non-app users

Group

app users

non-app users

Group

app users

non-app users

Group

app users

non-app users

Goedel (2015)

18–66

31.73 ± 10.7

NR

Gay

71 (77.2)

NR

White

58 (63.0)

NR

<College

45 (48.9)

NR

Other

21 (22.8)

Other

34 (37.0)

≥College

47 (51.1)

Goedel (2016)

Duncan (2016)

18–30

≥31

98 (56.6)

NR

Gay

146 (84.9)

NR

White

69 (39.9)

NR

<College

96 (55.5)

NR

75 (43.4)

Other

26 (15.1)

Other

104 (60.1)

≥College

77 (44.5)

Phillips (2014)

18–34

160 (66.4)

70 (50.7)

Gay

220 (91.7)

111 (81.6)

White

120 (49.8)

60 (43.5)

<College

44 (18.3)

22 (15.9)

≥35

81 (33.6)

68 (49.3)

Other

20 (8.3)

25 (18.4)

Other

121 (50.2)

78 (56.5)

≥College

197 (81.7)

116 (84.1)

Rhoton (2016)

≥18

29.46 ± 8.20

NR

Gay

2 (0.4)

NR

NR

<College

384 (87.0)

NR

Other

406 (90.4)

≥College

57 (12.0)

Holloway (2015)

Holloway (2015)

≥25

30.66 ± 6.68

NR

Gay

265 (90.1)

NR

White

152 (51.5)

NR

<College

33 (11.2)

NR

Other

29 (9.9)

Other

143 (48.5)

≥College

262 (88.8)

Ko (2016)

18–54

27.3 ± 6.8

26.5 ± 6.6

NR

NR

<College

69 (17.3)

120 (18.2)

≥College

331 (82.7)

540 (81.8)

Beymer (2014)

≤29

1287 (49.7)

1823 (27.9)

NR

White

1366 (52.8)

2198 (47.8)

<College

287 (11.1)

753 (16.4)

≥30

1302 (50.3)

2772 (72.1)

Other

1223 (47.2)

2397 (52.2)

≥College

2302 (88.9)

3842 (83.6)

Beymer (2016)

NR

NR

White

109 (74.7)

NR

<College

17 (11.6)

NR

Other

37 (25.3)

≥College

129 (88.4)

Yeo (2016)

17–26

21.52 ± 2.29

NR

Gay

159 (74.6)

NR

Chinese

206 (96.7)

NR

<College

47 (22.2)

NR

Other

54 (25.4)

Other

7 (3.3)

≥College

165 (77.8)

Winetrobe (2014)

Rice (2012)

18–24

21.8 ± 1.7

NR

Gay

168 (86.2)

NR

White

76 (39.0)

NR

<College

30 (15.4)

NR

Other

27 (13.8)

Other

119 (61.0)

≥College

165 (84.6)

Tang (2016)

≤29

680 (82.5)

424 (70.7)

Gay

626 (76.0)

412 (68.7)

NR

<College

186 (22.6)

183 (30.5)

≥30

144 (17.5)

176 (29.3)

Other

198 (24.0)

188 (31.3)

≥College

638 (77.4)

417 (69.5)

Muessig (2013)

LeGrand (2014)

18–30

24 ± 3.0

NR

NR

Black

22 (100)

NR

NR

Chow (2016)

Chow (2017)

NR

NR

NR

NR

Allen (2017)

18–29

≥30

65 (34.6)

212 (37.8)

Gay

164 (87.2)

434 (77.4)

Black

86 (45.7)

270 (48.1)

<College

125 (66.5)

389 (69.3)

123 (65.4)

349 (62.2)

Other

24 (12.8)

127 (22.6)

Hispanic

102 (54.3)

291 (51.9)

≥College

63 (33.5)

172 (30.7)

Bien (2015)

16–25

≥26

156 (28.6)

161 (20.2)

Gay

428 (78.7)

543 (69.1)

NR

<College

224 (41.5)

396 (50.1)

389 (71.4)

636 (79.8)

Other

116 (21.3)

243 (30.9)

≥College

316 (58.5)

395 (49.9)

Rendina (2014)

≥18

30.1 ± 9.1

NR

Gay

1162 (86.0)

NR

White

666 (49.3)

NR

NR

Other

189 (14.0)

Other

685 (50.7)

Grosskopf (2014)

NR

Mdn 24.83

Mdn 27.75

NR

White

30 (76.9)

47 (54)

<College

5 (13.9)

15 (21.7)

Other

9 (23.1)

40 (46)

≥College

31 (86.1)

54 (78.3)

Goedel (2016)

18–30

≥31

94 (62.7)

NR

Gay

126 (84.0)

NR

White

66 (44.0)

NR

<College

64 (42.7)

NR

56 (37.3)

Other

24 (16.0)

Other

84 (56.0)

≥College

86 (57.3)

Lehmiller (2014)

NR

30.7 ± 10.1

28.9 ± 11.7

Gay

(86.9)

(73.1)

White

(86.7)

(86.0)

NR

Other

(13.1)

(26.9)

Other

(13.3)

(14.0)

Goedel (2017)

18–30

≥31

78 (38.6)

NR

Gay

176 (87.1)

NR

White

143 (72.2)

NR

NR

124 (61.4)

Other

26 (12.9)

Other

55 (27.8)

Landovitz (2013)

18–29

≥30

349 (93.1)

NR

NR

White

159 (42.4)

NR

NR

26 (6.9)

Other

216 (57.6)

Burrell (2012)

18–30

(56.0)

(18.8)

NR

White

(44.0)

(30.4)

≥College

(68.0)

(40.3)

Cao (2017)

≤29

393 (80.7)

241 (63.9)

Gay

373 (76.6)

257 (68.2)

NR

<College

119 (24.4)

122 (32.4)

≥30

94 (19.3)

136 (36.1)

Other

114 (23.4)

120 (31.8)

≥College

368 (75.6)

255 (67.6)

PhillipsII (2015)

18–29

18–29

NR

Gay

1668 (83.6)

NR

White

1207 (63.7)

NR

<College

809 (40.6)

NR

Other

327 (16.4)

Other

688 (36.3)

≥College

1186 (59.4)

Weiss (2017)

15–29

163 (47.2)

NR

NR

NR

NR

≥30

182 (52.8)

  1. Abbreviations: SD Standard Deviation; <College, Less than college; ≥College, College or above; Mdn Median age, NR not reported