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Table 3.

Unstandardized Coefficients and Fit Statistics for Structural Equation Models of Syndemics Among Young Sexual-Minority Women (n=467)

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
	b	b	b	b
Measurement Model
Syndemic Factor
Heavy episodic drinking	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000
Smoking	0.166	–	–	–
Marijuana use	2.586^**	2.472^**	2.503^**	2.503^**
Ecstasy use	0.736^*	0.724^*	0.709^**	0.709^**
Hallucinogen use	0.963^*	0.937^*	0.899^**	0.899^**
Prescription drug misuse	2.066^**	1.865^**	1.846^**	1.846^**
Other illicit drug use	0.144	–	–	–
Depressive symptoms	0.371^*	9.596^*	10.04^*	10.038^*
Multiple sexual partners	1.174^*	1.142^*	1.146^**	1.146^**
Sexually transmitted infection history	0.629^*	0.567^*	0.535^*	0.535^*
Overweight/obesity	0.771	–	–	–
Sexual-Orientation Discrimination Factor
Past-year discrimination	–	–	1.000	1.000
Past-month discrimination	–	–	4.698^*	4.697^*
Structural Model
Discrimination Factor → Syndemic Factor	–	–	0.095^*	–
Syndemic Factor → Discrimination Factor	–	–	–	0.602
Model fit
Satorra-Bentler χ² (df)	140.042 (44)^***	24.989 (20)	47.762 (34)	47.762 (34)
Satorra-Bentler difference test, χ² (df)	–	135.575 (24)^a^***	24.258 (14)^b^*	22.257 (14)^b^*
CFI	0.512	0.946	0.914	0.914
RMSEA	0.068	0.023	0.029	0.029
(90% Confidence Interval)	(0.056, 0.081)	(0.000, 0.048)	(0.000, 0.048)	(0.000, 0.048)

^{^a}

Compared to Model 1.

^{^b}

Compared to Model 2.

^{^*}

P<.05; ^**P<.01; ^***P<.001.

df, degrees of freedom; CFI, comparative fit index; RMSEA, root mean square error of approximation.