TABLE 1.
Demographic Characteristics, Initial Health Status, and Mortality Among US Men Aged 17–59 Years, by Self-Reported Gender of Sexual Partners: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III, 1988–2006
| Characteristics | Any Male Partners (n = 85), % (SE) | Female Partners Only (n = 5292), % (SE) | No Sexual Partners (n = 197), % (SE) |
| Demographic background | |||
| Age at interview,* y | |||
| 17–24 | 16.0 (5.1) | 17.5 (0.8) | 82.1 (4.8) |
| 25–34 | 35.2 (8.0) | 30.0 (1.0) | 13.4 (4.4) |
| 35–44 | 27.9 (8.0) | 27.0 (1.0) | 3.0 (1.4) |
| 45–59 | 21.0 (7.0) | 25.6 (1.0) | 1.5 (0.8) |
| High school degree or less* | 45.3 (7.6) | 55.2 (1.6) | 73.7 (4.9) |
| Non-Hispanic White* | 84.7 (3.8) | 74.3 (1.4) | 71.0 (4.3) |
| Family income below poverty level | 14.1 (5.0) | 11.8 (0.9) | 19.0 (4.1) |
| Behavioral health history at interview | |||
| Smoking status* | |||
| Current smoker | 43.6 (7.4) | 35.9 (1.1) | 8.0 (2.5) |
| Past smoker | 10.3 (4.7) | 25.5 (0.9) | 0.5 (0.3) |
| Nonsmoker | 46.1 (7.1) | 38.5 (0.9) | 91.5 (2.5) |
| Binge drinking at least monthly, past 12 moa,* | 42.2 (6.7) | 33.4 (1.5) | 15.3 (4.2) |
| Ever used crack or cocaine* | 45.2 (9.0) | 17.6 (1.3) | 0.9 (0.8) |
| Body mass index in kg/m2 | |||
| Normal or underweight (≤ 25) | 53.3 (7.0) | 43.1 (1.1) | 69.5 (4.7) |
| Overweight (> 25 to < 30) | 31.9 (6.0) | 38.2 (1.0) | 15.5 (3.5) |
| Obese (≥ 30) | 14.7 (6.3) | 18.7 (0.8) | 14.9 (2.6) |
| Self-rated health status good or excellent | 56.3 (7.1) | 57.8 (1.1) | 58.9 (4.3) |
| Physician-rated health status good or excellent* | 67.1 (7.1) | 78.5 (2.4) | 77.8 (4.6) |
| Mortality status | |||
| Mean mo of follow-up* | 156.7 (6.7) | 176.5 (2.9) | 176.4 (5.7) |
| Dead by end of follow-upb,* | 21.0 (5.7) | 6.7 (0.4) | 5.7 (2.3) |
| Underlying cause of death | |||
| Intentional self-harm | 0.0 | 0.3 (0.1) | 0.0 |
| Death allocated to HIV-related causes* | 13.1 (5.0) | 0.1 (0.04) | 0.2 (0.2) |
| Death not allocated to HIV-related causes | 7.9 (3.5) | 6.6 (0.4) | 5.5 (2.3) |
Note. Differences in demographic and behavioral health history were evaluated by a multinomial logistic regression in which sexual orientation was regressed on all predictors simultaneously. Sexual orientation–related differences were evaluated by multiple regression for follow-up months and by logistic regression for mortality status (all-cause, HIV-related, not HIV-related), with adjustment for age, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, family income, smoking, drinking, crack or cocaine use status, body mass index, and self-rated and physician-rated health status.
Binge drinking defined as ≥ 5 drinks per occasion.
End of follow-up was December 31, 2006.
*P < .05.