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. 2014 Jun;104(6):1107–1112. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301759

TABLE 3—

Coefficients for Differences by Sexual Minority Status in Risk Behavior Determinants for Sexually Transmitted Infections: Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, United States, 2005 and 2007

Variable Forced Sex, OR (95% CI) IPV, OR (95% CI)
Sexual orientation status
 Heterosexual YMSW (Ref) 1.00 1.00
 Heterosexual YMSM/W 4.68*** (3.13, 7.00) 1.49 (0.96, 2.33)
 Bisexual 4.81*** (3.16, 7.32) 2.63*** (1.76, 3.92)
 Gay 4.60*** (2.73, 7.76) 1.05 (0.61, 1.80)
Race/ethnicity
  Non-Hispanic White (Ref) 1.00 1.00
 Non-Hispanic Black 1.02 (0.73, 1.43) 0.99 (0.77, 1.27)
 Hispanic 1.34* (1.03, 1.75) 0.99 (0.81, 1.21)
 Asian 0.88 (0.50, 1.55) 0.85 (0.50, 1.45)
 Pacific Islander/Native American 1.22 (0.58, 2.60) 0.73 (0.45, 1.17)
Age 1.05*** (0.96, 1.14) 1.09 (1.00, 1.20)

Note. CI = confidence interval; IPV = intimate partner violence; OR = odds ratio; YMSM/W = young men who have sex with men or with men and women; YMSW = young men who have sex with women. All models control for age and race/ethnicity. Unweighted sample sizes were as follows: forced sex, n = 13 010; IPV, n = 10 397.

*P ≤ .05; **P ≤ .01; ***P ≤ .001.