Table 2.
Prevalence of asthma by sexual orientation
| Study name | Heterosexual | Lesbian | AOR (95% CI) | Bisexual | AOR (95% CI) | SMW | AOR (95% CI) |
| Blosnich (2014)* | 15.3%† (SE 0.003) | 22.2%† (SE 0.03) |
1.50 (1.04 to 2.16)‡ |
26.4%† (SE 0.04) |
1.68 (1.07 to 2.63)‡ |
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| Blosnich (2013) (lifetime diagnosis) | 14.6%† (NR) | 26.1%† (NR) | 1.72 (1.11 to 2.65)‡ |
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| Blosnich (2013) (current diagnosis) | 9.5% (NR) | 21.4% (NR) | 2.09 (1.30 to 3.36)‡ |
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| Boehmer (2014)§ | 13.7% (SE 0.16) | 20.8% (SE 1.70) |
1.41 (1.14 to 1.73)‡ |
21.5% (SE 1.76) |
1.52 (1.24 to 1.87)‡ |
NR | NR |
| Conron (2010)* | 17.4%† (SE 0.3) | 24.9%† (SE 2.3) |
1.68 (1.32 to 2.14) |
25.7%† (SE 3.1) |
1.58 (1.15 to 2.18) |
NR | NR |
| Fredriksen-Goldsen (2012)* | 16.5%† | 19.9%† | 1.23 (NR) | 31.9%† | 2.17 (NR)‡ | NR | NR |
| Garland-Forshee (2014)* | 12.1%† (11.5 to 12.7) |
15.4%† (10.8 to 21.7) |
1.2 (0.8 to 1.9) |
25.6%† (18.6 to 34.2) |
2.4 (1.5 to 3.6)‡ |
NR | NR |
| Kann (2016) by sexual identity | 23.0%† (21.1 to 24.9) |
NR | NR | NR | NR | 28.3%† (24.4 to 32.6) |
NR |
| Kann (2016) by sexual behaviour | 25.8%† (23.5 to 28.2) |
NR | NR | NR | NR | 31.4%† (26.9 to 36.4) |
NR |
| Matthews (2014) | 15.7%† | NR | NR | NR | NR | 27.7%† | 1.94 (0.96 to 3.92) |
| McNair (2011)§ | 9.4% | 10.4% | NR | 18.0%‡ | NR | NR | NR |
| Ward (2015) (current diagnosis) | 8.5% (7.9 to 9.0) |
9.5% (6.2 to 14.4) |
1.11 (0.70 to 1.76) |
12.4% (7.3 to 20.4) |
1.53 (0.87 to 2.70) |
NR | NR |
*Calculated from weighted percentages.
†Weighted percentages.
‡Statistically significant to P<0.05 or less.
§Calculated from unweighted percentages.
AOR, adjusted OR; NR, not reported; SMW, sexual minority women.