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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Community Health. 2013 Jun;38(3):588–596. doi: 10.1007/s10900-013-9655-3

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics fertile total male population and bysexual orientation

Total population % (SE) Completely heterosexual % (SE) Bisexual/mostly heterosexual % (SE) Gay/mostly gay %(SE)
Men

N = 6678 N = 6238 N = 271 N = 178
Victimized, previous 12 months 24.39 (0.83) 24.54 (0.85) 21.55 (3.12) 23.40 (4.09)
Perceived discrimination 24.42 (0.94) 23.95 (0.99) 37.84 (5.72)*** 19.07 (3.76)
Binge drinking, previous 12 months
 < 2 times a month 59.23 (1.25) 59.60 (1.28) 52.45 (3.46)* 56.53 (5.60)
 ≥2 and < 8 times a mirth 34.42 (1.19) 34.11 (1.19) 37.45 (3.80) 41.65 (5.67)
 > 8 times a month 6.35 (0.41) 6.30 (0.43) 10.10 (2.62) 1.82 (1.37)**
 Drug use, previous 12 months 32.18 (1.03) 31.25 (1.07) 47.91 (4.03)* 41.36 (5.26)*
Smoking
 Never smoker 48.01 (1.14) 48.28 (1.22) 40.26 (4.08)+ 50.87 (5.76)
 Former smoker 24.12 (0.70) 23.73 (0.72) 33.42 (4.00)* 23.16 (4.53)
 Current smoker 27.26 (1.05) 27.34 (1.09) 26.33 (3.56) 25.94 (4.72)
 Missing 1.02 (0.21) 1.01 (022) 1.78 (1.06) 0.03 (0.03)***
BMI
 < 18 0.80 (0.16) 0.76 (0.15) 1.05 (0.84) 1.85 (1.85)
 ≥18 and < 25 30.15 (0.90) 29.35 (0.89) 43.24 (4.85)** 39.32 (4.44)*
 > 25 and ≤30 34.62 (0.83) 34.92 (0.86) 28.43 (4.29) 33.60 (4.59)
 > 30 and ≤35 20.42 (0.67) 20.63 (0.70) 17.13 (3.10) 17.70 (3.82)
 > 35 and ≤40 8.47 (0.50) 8.66 (0.51) 7.05 (1.93) 2.79 (1.46)***
 > 40 6.34 (0.42) 6.43 (0.45) 4.15 (1.49) 6.59 (2.73)
Physical activity
 Low 12.66 (0.62) 12.42 (0.63) 16.57 (2.60) 10.61 (3.20)
 Medium 41.05 (0.92) 41.33(0.94) 33.99 (3.97)+ 42.13 (4.72)
 High 46.24 (1.01) 46.08 (1.02) 49.43 (4.00) 47.23 (4.87)
Hypertensive (> 140 SBP and > 90 27.37 (0.83) 27.18 (0.83) 25.35 (3.67) 38.74 (5.59)*
Systolic BP 130.11 (0.27) 130.07 (0.27) 129.82 (1.21) 132.40 (1.42)
Diastolic BP 81.68 (0.19) 81.59 (0.20) 82.05 (0.97) 84.37 (1.26)**

Women
N = 7,555 N = 6,072 N = 1,345 N = 138

Victimised, previous 12 months 18.57 (0.64) 17.56 (0.70) 22.56 (1.52)** 23.78 (5.44)
Perceived discrimination 24.33 (0.77) 23.23 (0.81) 29.02 (1.75)*** 25.97 (4.63)
Binge drinking, previous 12 months
 < 2 times a month 75.38 (0.90) 78.34 (0.89) 64.22 (1.85)*** 54.17 (5.60)***
 ≥2 and < 8 times a month 22.52 (0.91) 20.17(0.87) 32.46 (1.83)** 27.60 (5.11)
 > 8 times a month 2.10 (0.24) 1.48 (0.25) 3.32 (0.60)* 18.23 (5.54)**
 Drug use, previous 12 months 21.34 (0.82) 16.24 (0.75) 41.28 (2.03)*** 48.25 (5.53)**
Smoking
 Never smoker 54.79 (1.35) 58.93 (1.38) 38.36 (2.11)*** 35.18 (5.17)***
 Former smoker 22.97 (1.11) 20.81 (0.82) 31.34 (1.73)*** 35.93 (5.34)**
 Current smoker 21.97 (1.11) 20.02 (1.10) 29.97 (1.99)*** 28.89 (5.66)***
 Missing 0.51 (0.12) 0.52 (0.14) 0.52 (0.23)
BMI
 < 18 2.11 (0.21) 2.10 (0.25) 2.23 (0.54) 1.51 (1.38)
 ≥18 and < 25 37.43 (1.03) 37.10 (1.10) 39.51 (2.16) 30.24 (5.35)
 > 25 and ≤30 25.17 (0.74) 25.52 (0.82) 24.00 (1.66) 21.24 (4.71)
 >30 and ≤35 16.60 (0.56) 16.53 (0.69) 16.92 (1.30) 16.64 (5.14)
 >35 and ≤40 10.82 (0.55) 11.06 (0.61) 9.36 (1.06) 15.16 (3.89)*
 >40 9.99 (0.56) 9.79 (0.56) 10.20 (1.17) 16.71 (4.30)
Physical activity
 Low 16.56 (0.69) 17.19 (0.81) 13.82 (1.37)* 16.07 (5.00)
 Medium 47.70 (0.84) 47.83 (0.92) 47.48 (1.90) 43.95 (5.26)
 High 35.73 (1.00) 34.98 (1.07) 38.66 (1.81)* 39.97 (5.55)
Hypertensive (>140 SBP and >90) 11.99 (0.59) 12.17 (0.65) 11.38 (1.19) 10.32 (3.21)
Systolic BP 120.26 (0.25) 120.21 (0.28) 120.26 (0.53) 122.67 (1.15)
Diastolic BP 76.89 (0.20) 76.89 (0.21) 76.79 (0.40) 77.74 (0.83)

Source Wane IV National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

SE standard error; analyses are weighted to account for complex survey design

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001;

+

p < .10