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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2016 Jul 18;50(1):22–31. doi: 10.1002/eat.22576

Table VI.

Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals Reporting Changes in Disparity Gaps in Diet Pill Use, Fasting, and Purging, Disaggregated by Sexual Orientation and Survey Year

Male
ORa(95% CI)
Female
ORa(95% CI)
Using Diet Pills

Heterosexual by Year 99/01 ref ref
Bisexual by Year 03/05 0.82 (0.28–2.42) 1.95 (1.03–3.72)
Bisexual by Year 07/09 0.57 (0.17–1.83) 2.20 (1.10–4.41)
Bisexual by Year 11/13 0.75 (0.17–3.25) 1.36 (0.61–3.02)
Gay/Lesbian by Year 03/05 0.86 (0.16–4.56) 3.23 (0.46–22.61)
Gay/Lesbian by Year 07/09 1.87 (0.47–7.52) 1.86 (0.27–12.84)
Gay/Lesbian by Year 11/13 1.48 (0.29–7.53) 5.40 (0.86–33.86)

Fasting

Heterosexual by Year 99/01 ref ref
Bisexual by Year 03/05 1.57 (0.53–4.62) 1.18 (0.69–2.03)
Bisexual by Year 07/09 1.63 (0.54–4.90) 0.95 (0.56–1.59)
Bisexual by Year 11/13 2.22 (0.75–6.55) 1.44 (0.84–2.49)
Gay/Lesbian by Year 03/05 1.33 (0.33–6.04) 0.89 (0.20–3.95)
Gay/Lesbian by Year 07/09 0.88 (0.23–3.28) 2.06 (0.63–6.81)
Gay/Lesbian by Year 11/13 1.27 (0.28–5.78) 3.24 (1.07–9.80)

Purging

Heterosexual by Year 99/01 ref ref
Bisexual by Year 03/05 0.97 (0.19–5.11) 2.66 (1.27–5.57)
Bisexual by Year 07/09 2.28 (0.78–6.63) 1.87 (0.86–4.04)
Bisexual by Year 11/13 0.13 (0.01–1.14) 1.64 (0.72–3.76)
Gay/Lesbian by Year 03/05 0.37 (0.11–1.31) 2.17 (0.27–17.25)
Gay/Lesbian by Year 07/09 0.36 (0.12–1.11) 1.78 (0.31–10.26)
Gay/Lesbian by Year 11/13 0.36 (0.09–1.40) 4.18 (0.77–22.68)

Note. Data were weighted. Odd ratio in bold indicates p < .05. ref: Reference group 1999/2001.

a

The model included sexual orientation, survey year, ethnicity (reference = White), and grade along with orientation-by-year interaction; OR: Odds ratio.

CI: Confidence interval.