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Table 4.

Sample Prevalence of Mental Disorders, FMD, and Stressful Life Events Among Males by Sexual Orientation

	Heterosexual	Discordant heterosexual	Gay	Bisexual	Unsure	p-value^a
	n=11,630	n=106	n=361	n=201	n=200
	93.1%	0.9%	2.9%	1.6%	1.6%
Mental disorder diagnoses, past year
Anorexia	0.2%	2.1%^*	2.3%^*	0.5%	1.0%^*	<0.001
Anxiety	4.9%	9.4%	10.8%^*	15.0%^*	4.7%	<0.001
Attention deficit disorder	2.0%	2.1%	5.4%^*	4.2%^*	1.0%	<0.001
Bipolar disorder	0.4%	2.1%	1.1%^*	2.6%^*	0.5%	<0.001
Bulimia	0.1%	2.1%^*	0.9%^*	0.5%^*	1.0%^*	<0.001
Depression	4.8%	10.4%^*	11.6%^*	16.0%^*	5.2%	<0.001
Obsessive-compulsive	0.5%	1.0%	2.3%^*	2.1%^*	0.5%	<0.001
Panic attacks	1.7%	5.2%^*	4.3%^*	5.7%^*	1.1%	<0.001
Post-traumatic stress	0.7%	4.2%^*	1.1%	1.6%	1.6%	0.002
Seasonal affective disorder	1.0%	2.1%	4.3%^*	2.6%^*	1.6%	<0.001
Social phobia/performance anxiety	1.5%	2.1%	4.0%^*	2.6%	0.5%	<0.001
Any mental disorder diagnosis	9.3%	13.1%	20.1%^*	22.7%^*	8.3%	<0.001
2+ mental disorder diagnoses	4.5%	10.1%^*	11.9%^*	13.4%^*	4.2%	<0.001

Frequent mental distress (FMD)	9.4%	7.6%	16.9%^*	22.4%^*	15.5%^*	<0.001

Any stressful life event	50.0%	54.7%	62.6%^*	63.7%^*	53.5%	<0.001
2+ stressful life events	24.5%	36.8%^*	37.7%^*	41.3%^*	28.5%	<0.001

Note: Data from the Minnesota College Student Health Survey, 2007–2011

Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05)

Wald chi-square test, adjusted for school clustering

statistically different from “Heterosexual” at p<0.05, adjusted for school clustering