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. 2016 Aug 17;16:807. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3467-1

Table 3.

Fully-adjusted Prevalence Ratios for Health Outcomes in Relation to Sexual Orientation Identity Disparities among U.S. Men and Women, National Health Interview Survey, 2013 and 2014 (N = 69,270)

Men (n = 30,961) (reference: heterosexual) Women (n = 38,309) (reference: heterosexual)
Gay PR (95 % CI) Bisexual PR (95 % CI) “Something else”/Do not know PR (95 % CI) Lesbian PR (95 % CI) Bisexual PR (95 % CI) “Something else”/Do not know PR (95 % CI)
n = 624 n = 162 n = 208 n = 525 n = 353 n = 246
Sad (past 30 days) (≥mostly) 1.73 (0.98–3.06) 1.58 (0.98–3.06) 1.54 (0.60–3.99) 1.31 (0.82–2.08) 2.10 (1.25–3.54) 2.53 (0.97–6.63)
Hypertension (yes) 1.21 (1.03–1.43) 0.83 (0.57–1.22) 0.76 (0.57–1.03) 0.91 (0.74–1.12) 0.96 (0.71–1.31) 0.98 (0.75–1.28)
Overweight a (yes) 0.85 (0.77–0.93) 0.81 (0.65–1.00) 0.85 (0.71–1.01) 1.09 (0.98–1.22) 1.07 (0.93–1.22) 0.96 (0.80–1.15)
Obesity b (yes) 0.90 (0.74–1.09) 0.97 (0.69–1.37) 0.56 (0.38–0.83) 1.20 (1.02–1.42) 1.16 (0.93–1.45) 1.06 (0.79–1.42)
Diabetes (yes) 0.83 (0.59–1.16) 0.93 (0.47–1.84) 0.58 (0.33–1.05) 0.88 (0.58–1.34) 0.63 (0.33–1.20) 1.31 (0.82–2.11)
Cancer (yes) 1.32 (0.95–1.83) 1.23 (0.48–3.10) 0.33 (0.14–0.80) 1.13 (0.78–1.63) 1.94 (1.18–3.17) 0.34 (0.16–0.71)
Heart disease (yes) 1.39 (1.02–1.88) 1.38 (0.79–2.43) 1.03 (0.60–1.78) 0.91 (0.61–1.35) 0.73 (0.40–1.35) 0.68 (0.37–1.24)
Stroke (yes) 0.76 (0.34–1.70) 0.04 (0.005–0.26) 1.33 (0.54–3.30) 1.96 (1.14–3.39) 1.68 (0.71–3.97) 0.45 (0.17–1.21)
Any functional limitation (yes) 1.24 (1.05–1.46) 1.30 (1.00–1.70) 1.35 (1.10–1.66) 1.17 (1.02–1.34) 1.41 (1.15–1.73) 1.14 (0.88–1.47)
Any Injury (past 3 months) (yes) 0.96 (0.59–1.56) 0.81 (0.29–2.31) 0.44 (0.14–1.41) 1.84 (0.95–3.57) 2.49 (1.44–4.32) 1.10 (0.44–2.76)

Note. All estimates are weighted for the survey’s complex sampling design and adjusted for age (18–30, 31–49, 50–64, 65+) race/ethnicity, educational attainment, income, occupational class, health status, and region of residence; Boldface indicates statistically significant results at the 0.05 level

PR prevalence ratio, CI confidence interval. a Overweight = ≥25 kg/m2; b Obesity = ≥30 kg/m2