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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Homosex. 2012;59(2):186–200. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2012.648878

Table 3.

Adjusted odds of health risk factors and conditions by sexual orientation, disclosure status, and level of parental support received

LGB vs. heterosexual No sexual orientation disclosure to parent vs. disclosed to parent No parental support vs. adequate parental support ††

Males Females GB Males LB Females GB Males LB Females
AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)

Lifetime illicit drug use 2.08 (0.90–4.80)* 7.65 (3.54–16.52)**** 0.81 (0.18–3.57) 3.81 (0.84–17.19)* 3.58 (0.62–20.56) 11.43 (2.50–52.30)***
Illicit drug use, past month 2.18 (0.95–5.01)* 4.91 (2.13–11.28)**** 0.95 (0.18–4.90) 12.16 (2.87–51.54)*** 3.14 (0.78–12.59) 3.66 (0.56–23.91)
Current binge drinker 1.50 (0.78–2.87) 1.27 (0.53–3.02) 0.84 (0.14–4.93) 1.50 (0.23–9.75)* 6.94 (1.70–28.35)*** 0.78 (0.15–3.99)
Current smoker 5.14 (2.48–10.65) 2.50 (1.35–4.62)*** 3.30 (0.57–19.14) 3.58 (0.84–15.22) 4.62 (0.98–21.90) 0.46 (0.13–1.58)
Fair or poor self-reported health status 0.30 (0.10–0.93)** 1.82 (0.80–4.18) 0.62 (0.12–3.22) 5.71 (1.45–22.51)** -- 1.86 (0.37–9.41)
>15 days poor mental health, past month 1.29 (0.52–3.19) 1.82 (0.84–3.98) 0.46 (0.09–2.28) 2.79 (0.67–11.57) 0.76 (0.13–4.29) 2.30 (0.42–12.46)
>15 days depression, past month 2.87 (1.16–7.08)** 2.61 (1.21–5.64)** 0.69 (0.14–3.46) 5.95 (1.78–19.90)*** 6.08 (1.15–32.15)** 5.51 (1.36–22.36)**

Adjusted for age, education, race, and health insurance status; weighted to account for complex survey design

-- could not be calculated due to small cell size

*

p<.10;

**

p<.05;

***

p<.01,

****

p<.001