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. 2015 Sep;105(9):1842–1848. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302682

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.