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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Nov 17.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2007 Apr;40(3):218–226. doi: 10.1002/eat.20360

TABLE 3.

Current (1 year) and lifetime full syndrome and subclinicala eating disorders by community participation in gay and bisexual menb (n = 193)

Current (12 months)
Lifetime
Full Syndrome Subclinical Full Syndrome Subclinical
Collective self-esteem (membership) 0.79 (0.41, 1.52) 0.65 (0.40, 1.05) 0.69 (0.45, 1.08) 0.72 (0.51, 1.02)
% of organizations that are LGB 1.01 (.99, 1.04) 1.01 (0.99, 1.03) 1.00 (0.98, 1.01) 1.00 (0.99, 1.01)
Gym membership
 No 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Nongay gym 0.62 (0.05, 7.07) 0.48 (0.09, 2.61) 0.70 (0.19, 2.52) 0.86 (0.30, 2.44)
 Gay gym 2.33 (0.41, 13.19) 1.64 (0.49, 5.46) 0.96 (0.30, 3.02) 1.58 (0.64, 3.90)
Member of a gay professional organization
 No 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Yes 0.39 (0.04, 3.37) 1.39 (0.44, 4.36) 0.73 (0.22, 2.35) 1.2 7(0.55, 2.92)
Member of a gay recreation organization
 No 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Yes 3.46 (0.65, 18.30) 3.63 (1.09, 12.02) 1.55 (0.57, 4.20) 1.39 (0.64, 3.05)
Member of a religious organization
 No 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Yes 1.07 (0.12, 9.29) 1.07 (0.22, 5.11) 1.42 (0.38, 5.34) 1.35 (0.46, 3.92)
Member of a gay political organization
 No 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Yes 0.52 (0.61, 4.45) 0.86 (0.23, 3.23) 0.66 (0.18, 2.41) 0.77 (0.29, 2.01)
Member of a gay charity organization
 No 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Yes 2.28 (0.49, 10.57) 1.70 (0.54, 5.35) 0.89 (0.28, 2.88) 1.60 (0.68, 3.68)
a

Subclinical categories include cases who also met criteria for full syndrome disorders.

b

Values given indicate odds ratios (95% confidence intervals).