Table 3.
Adjusted Multiple Regressions to Examine Health Disparities Between Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Latino Adults: NHANES, 2001–2014
| Outcome measures | GLB versus heterosexual (ref) | Othera versus heterosexual (ref) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOR (95% CI) | p-value | AOR (95% CI) | p-value | |
| HIV and STIs (biomarker) | ||||
| HIV antibody (age 20–49 years only) | 46.75 (13.43, 162.76) | < 0.001 | 14.86 (1.84, 120.02) | 0.01 |
| Urine chlamydia (age 20–39 years only) | 0.68 (0.08, 5.70) | 0.72 | 1.02 (0.14, 7.18) | 0.99 |
| HSV-2 (age 20–49 years only) | 1.78 (0.99, 3.19) | 0.05 | 1.57 (0.71, 3.44) | 0.26 |
| Hepatitis C antibody | 0.77 (0.13, 4.68) | 0.77 | (omitted) | |
| STIs and HIV testing behaviors (self-reported) | ||||
| Ever told you had STI | 3.53 (1.85, 6.74) | < 0.001 | 1.92 (0.60, 6.14) | 0.27 |
| Ever told you had gonorrhea | 15.70 (3.67, 67.05) | < 0.001 | (omitted) | |
| Ever told you had chlamydia | 3.58 (0.72, 17.75) | 0.12 | 2.73 (0.44, 16.77) | 0.28 |
| Ever told you had genital herpes | 2.72 (1.08, 6.81) | 0.03 | 1.93 (0.33, 11.15) | 0.46 |
| Ever told you had genital warts | 2.91 (1.39, 6.10) | <0.01 | 1.19 (0.25, 5.53) | 0.83 |
| Ever tested for HIV | 2.45 (1.39, 4.35) | <0.01 | 0.52 (0.26, 1.03) | 0.06 |
| Mental health (self-reported) | ||||
| > 15 days of poor mental health past 30 days (2001–2012 only) | 1.83 (1.05, 3.17) | 0.03 | 0.69 (0.29, 1.63) | 0.39 |
| Alcohol, smoking, and drug use (self-reported) | ||||
| No. of drinks per day in the past year, mean-coefficient (AIRR)b | 0.14 (−0.05, 0.33) | 0.15 | −0.12 (−0.33, 0.10) | 0.28 |
| Ever heavy alcohol user (5+/day, every day) | 1.22 (0.63, 2.33) | 0.55 | 0.66 (0.30, 1.43) | 0.29 |
| Smoked 100 cigarettes in life | 1.69 (1.00, 2.88) | 0.05 | 0.35 (0.20, 0.61) | < 0.001 |
| Current smoking status | ||||
| Current smoker | 1.93 (1.10, 3.40) | 0.02 | 0.42 (0.21, 0.85) | 0.02 |
| Former smoker | 1.45 (0.74, 2.86) | 0.28 | 0.29 (0.13, 0.62) | <0.01 |
| Never smoker | (base) | (base) | ||
| Ever used marijuana or hashish (2005–2014 only) | 2.18 (1.17, 4.07) | 0.02 | 0.26 (0.10, 0.64) | <0.01 |
| Ever used cocaine/heroin/methamphetamine (2005–2014 only) | 1.93 (1.00, 3.72) | 0.049 | 0.37 (0.14, 0.95) | 0.04 |
| Ever injected drugs (2005–2014 only) | 1.19 (0.18, 7.79) | 0.85 | 1.44 (0.13, 15.35) | 0.76 |
Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05). Adjusted forage, gender, survey year, education, employment, marital status, place of birth, citizenship status, and family income. Data represented weighted results. A multinomial model was used for current smoking status, with “never smoker” as the base.
Self-identified as “something else” or “not sure.”
AIRR based on Poisson regression.
AIRR, adjusted incidence rate ratio; GLB, gay, lesbian, or bisexual; HSV-2, herpes simplex virus type 2; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; STI, sexually transmitted infection.
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