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. 2024 Mar 8;26:e47448. doi: 10.2196/47448

Table 5.

The independent associations of age, gender, and race or ethnicity and their respective interactions by sexual minority status with willingness to use digital health tools for public health screening and tracking (latent variable) in separate structural equation models in a national probability sample of sexual minority people (N=1928).

Variable Structural equation models


b a 95% CI R2b RMSEAc CFId SRMRe
Age (years) 0.02 0.03 1.00 0.01

Age groupf –0.02 –0.06 to 0.02




Sexual minority (reference: heterosexual) 0.28 –0.32 to 0.88




Age group × sexual minority 0.06 –0.10 to 0.22



Gender 0.02 0.00 1.00 0.01

Female (reference: male) 0.05 –0.08 to 0.19




Sexual minority 0.58 0.25 to 0.91




Female × sexual minority –0.19 –0.68 to 0.31



Race or ethnicity

Race or ethnicity (reference: White or European American) 0.05 0.01 1.00 0.01


Black or African American 0.41 0.19 to 0.62





Hispanic or Latino 0.36 0.18 to 0.55





Other race or ethnicity 0.54 0.31 to 0.77



Sexual minority 0.61 0.28 to 0.94



Race or ethnicity × sexual minority

Black/African American × sexual minority –0.35 –1.05 to 0.35




Hispanic or Latino × sexual minority –0.21 –0.77 to 0.35




Other race or ethnicity × sexual minority –0.75 –1.57 to 0.07



ab=unstandardized regression coefficient.

bR2=coefficient of determination.

cRMSEA: root-mean-square standard error of approximation.

dCFI: comparative fit index.

eSRMR: standardized root-mean-square residual.

fAge group is an ordinal variable with levels as follows: (1) 18-24 years, (2) 25-34 years, (3) 35-44 years, (4) 45-54 years, (5) 55-64 years, (6) 65-74 years, and (7) ≥75 years.