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. 2018 May 15;33(6):591–599. doi: 10.1007/s10654-018-0411-y

Table 2.

Sexual orientation differences in outpatient treatment for psychiatric disorders and antidepressant usage comparing gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals to their siblings and to unrelated heterosexual individuals

Variable Primary analysis: differences in outpatient treatment for psychiatric disorders and antidepressant usage between sexual minority individuals and their siblings (reference) Secondary analysis: differences in outpatient treatment for psychiatric disorders and antidepressant usage between sexual minority individuals and unrelated heterosexuals with at least one sibling (reference)
Gay men/lesbians Bisexual men and women Gay men/lesbians Bisexual men and women
AORa 99% CI AORa 99% CI AORb 99% CI AORb 99% CI
Psychiatric outpatient visits 2005–2011
 Treatment for any mental health diagnosis 1.22 0.80, 1.85 1.69** 1.17, 2.45 1.64** 1.16, 2.31 2.49** 1.87, 3.31
 Any mood disorder 1.77* 1.00, 3.16 1.98** 1.33, 2.95 2.19** 1.38, 3.45 2.62** 1.80, 3.84
  Major depressive disorder 1.86* 1.03, 3.35 1.87* 1.08, 3.22 2.35** 1.47, 3.78 2.50** 1.66, 3.75
 Any anxiety disorder 0.91 0.45, 1.86 1.11 0.61, 2.02 1.40 0.76, 2.56 1.82** 1.15, 2.88
  Generalized anxiety disorder 1.04 0.41, 2.62 0.77 0.32, 1.89 2.28* 1.06, 4.90 1.94 0.97, 3.89
 Substance use disorder 1.25 0.56, 2.77 1.71 0.85, 3.42 2.16** 1.19, 3.93 3.35** 1.97, 5.71
Antidepressant treatment 2005–2012
 Any antidepressant use 1.51** 1.10, 2.07 1.48* 1.07, 2.05 1.91** 1.47, 2.48 1.82** 1.41, 2.35

AOR adjusted odds ratios, CI confidence interval

aGeneralized estimation equation analyses adjusted for age, gender, number of siblings, and total number of health care visits for any cause between 2005 and 2011

bLogistic regression analyses adjusted for age, gender, number of siblings, and total number of health care visits for any cause between 2005 and 2011

*P < 0.01; **P < 0.001