Table 3.
Pain prevalence ratios for sexual minority adults, different covariate sets.
| Model 1 | Model 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel A. Pain in 3+ sites | ||||
| Sexual identity (straight) | ||||
| Gay/lesbian | 1.47* | (1.32, 1.64) | 1.23* | (1.11, 1.36) |
| Bisexual | 2.05* | (1.80, 2.34) | 1.23* | (1.09, 1.39) |
| “Something else” | 2.33* | (1.88, 2.88) | 1.42* | (1.17, 1.73) |
| Panel B. Chronic pain | ||||
| Sexual identity (straight) | ||||
| Gay/lesbian | 1.33* | (1.19, 1.49) | 1.17† | (1.06, 1.30) |
| Bisexual | 1.88* | (1.66, 2.14) | 1.25* | (1.11, 1.41) |
| “Something else” | 1.89* | (1.58, 2.26) | 1.31† | (1.10, 1.54) |
*
P < 0.001.
†
P < 0.01.
NHIS 2013 to 2018, U.S. adults age 18 to 64 years. N = 134,266 for pain in 3+ sites and N = 95,675 for chronic pain in both models. “Something else” was the actual verbatim terminology used on the NHIS; it captures other non–heterosexual-identified adults. More information about the design of the sexual identity question is available elsewhere.52 Complex survey-adjusted (modified/robust) Poisson models of 2 pain outcomes. Model 1 adjusts for age, age squared, sex, and year. Model 2 adjusts for all covariates. Complete results with prevalence ratios for all covariates are shown in Supplemental Table S1, available at http://links.lww.com/PAIN/B796.