TABLE 4—
Adjusted Multiple Logistic Regressions to Examine Health Disparities Among Sexual Minority Men and Women: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, 2001–2010
| Sexual Minority Men vs Heterosexual Men (Ref) |
Sexual Minority Women vs Heterosexual Women (Ref) |
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| Health Outcome Variables | AOR (95% CI) | P | AOR (95% CI) | P |
| Sexual health (biomarker) | ||||
| HIV antibody | 59.91 (28.03, 128.07) | < .001 | 2.46 (0.59, 10.26) | .21 |
| Urine chlamydia (years 2001–2008 only) | 0.64 (0.08, 5.07) | .67 | 1.32 (0.31, 5.62) | .71 |
| HSV-2 | 1.83 (1.24, 2.71) | < .01 | 0.91 (0.70, 1.18) | .47 |
| Hepatitis C antibody | 0.87 (0.29, 2.62) | .8 | 2.99 (1.33, 6.73) | < .01 |
| Sexual health (self-reported) | ||||
| Ever had STI | 1.48 (0.89, 2.47) | .13 | 0.97 (0.64, 1.48) | .9 |
| Ever had gonorrhea | 7.73 (2.31, 25.82) | < .01 | 2.84 (0.85, 9.52)† | .09 |
| Ever had chlamydia | 5.13 (1.48, 17.71) | .01 | 1.59 (0.65, 3.89) | .3 |
| Ever had herpes | 1.20 (0.49, 2.92) | .69 | 0.74 (0.40, 1.39) | .35 |
| Ever had warts | 1.47 (0.81, 2.68) | .21 | 1.05 (0.60, 1.84) | .85 |
| Ever tested for HIV | 3.47 (2.27, 5.30) | < .001 | 1.33 (1.03, 1.71) | .03 |
| Mental health | ||||
| ≥ 15 d of poor mental health in past 30 d | 2.24 (1.48, 3.39) | < .001 | 1.52 (1.10, 2.10) | .01 |
| Alcohol and drug use | ||||
| Mean number of drinks per day past yeara (AIRR) | 0.94 (0.81, 1.10) | .45 | 1.18 (1.07, 1.31) | < .01 |
| Ever heavy alcohol user (> 5 per day) | 1.03 (0.68, 1.57) | .89 | 2.37 (1.66, 3.37) | < .001 |
| Smoked > 100 cigarettes in life | 0.98 (0.63, 1.53) | .94 | 1.50 (1.11, 2.03) | < .01 |
| Ever used marijuana or hashish (years 2005–2010 only) | 0.87 (0.53, 1.42) | .57 | 2.11 (1.48, 3.02) | < .001 |
| Ever used cocaine, heroin, or methamphetamine (years 2005–2010 only) | 1.23 (0.70, 2.15) | .46 | 2.73 (1.80, 4.15) | < .001 |
| Ever injected drugs (years 2005–2010 only) | 1.02 (0.32, 3.26) | .97 | 5.85 (2.86, 11.96) | < .001 |
Note. AIRR = adjusted incidence rate ratio; AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; HSV-2 = herpes simplex virus type 2; STI = sexually transmitted infection. Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, education, employment, marital status, family income, health insurance, and regular health care provider. Education omitted as a covariate in the regression because of collinearity in the model.
a
AIRR based on Poisson regression.