TABLE 3—
Sexual Orientation Disparities in Team Sports Involvement: Dane County Youth Assessment, Wisconsin, 2012
Variable | Model for Females, AOR (95% CI) |
Model for Males, AOR (95% CI) |
Sexual orientation | ||
Heterosexual (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
LGBQ | 0.44*** (0.37, 0.53) | 0.26*** (0.20, 0.32) |
Race/ethnicity | ||
White (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Minority | 0.98 (0.89, 1.09) | 0.95 (0.85, 1.05) |
Free or reduced-cost lunch | ||
No or unsure (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Yes | 0.38*** (0.33, 0.42) | 0.62*** (0.55, 0.69) |
Age | 0.79*** (0.76, 0.82) | 0.94** (0.91, 0.98) |
Victimization | 0.96 (0.88, 1.06) | 0.89** (0.83, 0.97) |
BMI | ||
Healthy weight (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Underweight | 0.60** (0.42, 0.86) | 0.35*** (0.25, 0.48) |
Overweight | 0.64*** (0.56, 0.74) | 0.83** (0.73, 0.95) |
Obese | 0.41*** (0.33, 0.51) | 0.57*** (0.49, 0.66) |
Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; BMI = body mass index; CI = confidence interval; LGBQ = lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning. Underweight defined as body mass index < 5th percentile, healthy weight as 5th–84th percentile, overweight as 85th–94th percentile, and obese as ≥ 95th percentile. The dependent variable is the likelihood of having participated in a team sport at least 1 day per week.
**P < .01; ***P < .001.