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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Sex Med. 2010 Apr 1;7(7):2391–2400. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01794.x

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of male and female medical students stratified by sexual orientation

Female Male
Mean SD Mean SD
Age
   Heterosexual      25.3     3.3    25.8     4.2
   Homosexual      26.1     3.4    24.1     2.8
   Bisexual      26.5     4.3    25.5     3.5
N % N %
Sexual preference
   Heterosexual 1,210   89.2 772   84
   Homosexual      64     4.7 121   13.2
   Bisexual      77     5.7   23     2.5
   Total 1,357 100 919 100
Race/ethnicity
   White    913   69.5 623   70.1
   Hispanic      82     6.3   63     7.1
   Black      55     4.2   23     2.6
   Asian    165   12.5 131   14.7
   Other      98     7.5   49     5.5
Prior paternity/maternity
   Heterosexual      65     5.4   71     9.3
   Homosexual        2     3.1     1     0.8
   Bisexual        6     7.8     0     0
Married/domestic partnership
   Heterosexual    374   45.2 243   48.1
   Homosexual      19   46.3   17   32.7
   Bisexual      29   60.4     3   23.1

SD = standard deviation.