Table 3. Adjusted Logistic Regression Testing Associations between LGBT+ status and Mental Health and Substance Use in 8th Grade.
| Psychological Distress | Anxiety | Alcohol Drinking | Cigarette Smoking | Vaping | Marijuana Use | Prescription Misuse | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n=7,468 | n=7,001 | n=7,850 | n=7,968 | n=7,979 | n=6,821 | n=8,385 | ||||||||
| OR | SE | OR | SE | OR | SE | OR | SE | OR | SE | OR | SE | OR | SE | |
| LGBT+ | 3.69*** | .07 | 3.76*** | .07 | 1.91*** | .06 | 2.41*** | .12 | 2.21*** | .07 | 1.98*** | .08 | 1.86*** | .08 |
| Race and Ethnicity | ||||||||||||||
| Black/ non-Latinx | 0.79*** | .06 | 0.69*** | .07 | 0.83* | .08 | 0.84 | .17 | 1.28 | .09 | 1.33** | .10 | 1.22 | .10 |
| Latinx/Any Race | 0.83* | .06 | 0.82** | .07 | 1.30*** | .07 | 1.31 | .14 | 1.71*** | .09 | 1.54*** | .10 | 1.12 | .10 |
| Other Race/non-Latinx | 1.11 | .10 | 0.84* | .08 | 0.91 | .09 | 0.91 | .19 | 0.80 | .12 | 1.04 | .13 | 1.14 | .12 |
| Data Year | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 0.95 | .06 | 0.69*** | .06 | 0.93 | .07 | 1.23 | .15 | 1.25 | .08 | 1.21 | .09 | 0.94 | .09 |
| 2024 | 0.79*** | .06 | 0.63*** | .07 | 0.84* | .08 | 2.78*** | .14 | 1.27 | .09 | 1.02 | .10 | 1.43*** | .10 |
Note. Reference group for LGBT+ status was cisgender heterosexual youth. Reference group for race and ethnicity was White/non-Latinx and for data collection year was 2022. OR = odds ratio. SE = standard error. *p.<.05, **p.<.01, ***p.<.001. aPrescription misuse recall period is past year, in contrast to lifetime for all other substances.