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. 2016 Aug 1;3(4):266–274. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2015.0073

Table 2.

Observed Descriptive Statistics for Primary Study Variables by Sexual Identity Category

  Mostly heterosexual1(n = 71) EH (n = 203) Bisexual (n = 22) Mostly lesbian (n = 10) Lesbian (n = 26)
  Binary outcomes
Outcome % % % % %
LT intoxication 94  87  91 100 96
LT tobacco use 65a 40b 77a 50 65
LT marijuana use 80a 53b 59b 70 65
Childhood sexual abuse 19a 11a 50b 11 20
Childhood physical abuse 18a  4b 27 4
  Continuous outcomes
  M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD
Frequency of HED—past 30 days 2.49 1.46 2.49 1.22 2.32 1.43 2.70 1.16 2.31 1.19
AUD symptoms—past year 2.76a 2.48 2.42b 2.03 2.45 2.28 2.40 1.71 2.73 2.52
Past 3 months frequency tobacco use (n = 163)2 5.00a 2.38 3.56b 1.94 4.65a,c 2.42 2.80b 0.84 4.35c 2.12
Past 3 months frequency marijuana use (n = 195)2 4.04a 2.15 3.74b 1.86 5.15c 2.38 4.14 2.27 3.76a,b 2.05
Depressive symptoms 1.96a 0.67 1.58b 0.56 1.68 0.61 1.70 0.56 1.68 0.50
Anxiety symptoms 1.92 0.62 1.69 0.51 1.66 0.55 1.49 0.39 1.77 0.58

Subscripts that differ denote a significant pairwise comparison between women in the corresponding sexual identity subgroups in logistic and linear regression models for binary and continuous outcomes, respectively, adjusting for participant age and ethnic/racial minority identity status.

1

Reference group.

2

Sub-sample of participants who indicated history of lifetime use.

EH, exclusively heterosexual.