Table 2.
Sociodemographic and health characteristics by sexual orientation groupa
| Heterosexual (N=11531) |
Mostly Heterosexual (N=860) |
Bisexual (N=209) |
Homosexual (N=197) |
Population (N=12797) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALES | N=5872 | N=185 | N=42 | N=125 | N=6224 | |
| Bmibio | 26.45 (0.12) | 25.87 (0.55) | 24.54 (0.84)* | 25.16 (0.59)* | 26.40 (0.12) | |
| bmiself | 25.80 (0.11) | 25.14 (0.45) | 23.77 (0.84)* | 24.36 (0.58)* | 25.74 (0.11) | |
| Age | 21.88 (0.12) | 21.96 (0.22) | 21.01 (0.37)* | 22.31 (0.26) | 21.89 (0.12) | |
| Depression score | 3.94 (0.07) | 5.28 (0.48)* | 5.25 (0.91) | 4.87 (0.44)* | 4.00 (0.07) | |
| Household income of origin (in thousands of dollars) | 44.56 (1.54) | 55.58 (5.27)* | 84.90 (27.79) | 44.10 (2.99) | 45.15 (1.62) | |
| Mom’s education (% some college plus) | 51% | 49% | 43% | 46% | 51% | |
| Physical activity level (# of activities per week) | 6.97 (0.15) | 5.53 (0.39)* | 7.94 (1.40) | 7.77 (0.84) | 6.94 (0.14) | |
| % ovwt/obese (based on msrd) | 54% | 41%* | 50% | 43% | 53% | |
| % Ovwt/obese (based on self rep) | 50% | 40%* | 36% | 38% | 50% | |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 66.14% | 70.5% | 61.0% | 65.1% | 66.0% | |
| Black | 14.7% | 9.3% | 14.2% | 11.1% | 14.5% | |
| Hispanic | 11.8% | 9.9% | 11.1% | 16.4% | 11.8% | |
| Asian | 3.7% | 4.5% | 0.2% | 4.8% | 3.7% | |
| Native American | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 0.6% | |
| Multi-Racial | 3.1% | 5.5% | 13.4% | 1.1% | 11.8% | |
| FEMALES | N=5659 | N=675 | N=167 | N=72 | N=6573 | |
| Bmibio | 26.29 (0.17) | 25.88 (0.34) | 28.69 (0.97)* | 26.75 (1.11) | 26.31 (0.16) | |
| bmiself | 25.25 (0.16) | 24.89 (0.30) | 27.71 (0.92)* | 25.26 (1.02) | 25.28 (0.15) | |
| Age | 21.71 (0.12) | 21.66 (0.15) | 21.36 (0.23) | 22.03 (0.29) | 21.70 (0.12) | |
| Depression score | 4.57 (0.09) | 6.33 (0.25)* | 6.47 (0.45)* | 5.26 (0.64) | 4.81 (0.09) | |
| Household income of origin (in thousands of dollars) | 46.11 (1.69) | 53.94 (3.81)* | 40.79 (2.71)* | 44.92 (5.63) | 46.81 (1.83) | |
| Mom’s Education (some college plus) | 49% | 57%* | 50% | 41% | 50% | |
| Physical activity level (# of activities per week) | 4.85 (0.12) | 5.09 (0.28) | 5.79 (0.52) | 6.93 (1.18) | 4.93 (0.11) | |
| % ovwt/obese (based on msrd) | 46% | 41%* | 53% | 50% | 46% | |
| % ovwt/obese (based on self rep) | 40% | 34%* | 48% | 44% | 40% | |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 65.8% | 73% | 77.1% | 65% | 66.9% | |
| Black | 16.1% | 7.2% | 5.9% | 13.0% | 14.8% | |
| Hispanic | 11% | 10.9% | 13.1% | 14.0% | 11.1% | |
| Asian | 3.6% | 3.8% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 3.5% | |
| Native American | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 3.9% | 0.5% | |
| Multi-Racial | 3.0% | 4.1% | 3.2% | 4.0% | 3.2% | |
a
Continuous variables are presented as Mean ± SE, categorical variables are presented as %.
*
indicates sexual orientation group significantly differs from Heterosexuals (p<0.05).