. 2013 Oct;103(10):1845–1850. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301258

TABLE 3—

Ratios of Modified Vascular to Chronological Age by Sexual Minority Definition, Female NHANES Participants From 2001 to 2008: United States

	Heterosexual Women	Sexual Minority Women	Difference (95% CI)
Broad definition^a
Unadjusted	1.040	1.078	0.038 (0.002, 0.074)
Adjusted^b	1.023	1.059	0.036 (0.000, 0.073)
Narrow definition^c
Unadjusted	1.041	1.097	0.056 (0.006, 0.105)
Adjusted^b	1.023	1.075	0.051 (0.002, 0.101)

Note. CI = confidence interval; NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. We performed modification by removing smoking status from the Framingham General Cardiovascular Disease Risk Score.

^{^a}

Included women who identified as “lesbian,” “bisexual,” or “something else” and straight-identified women with at least 1 lifetime same-sex sexual partner.

^{^b}

Adjusted for alcohol use and smoking status.

^{^c}

Included only women who identified as “lesbian,” “bisexual,” or “something else.”