Table 3.

Sexual Identity Differences in Lifetime Alcohol Use, Early Onset Use, Past 30-Day Use, and Past 30-Day Heavy Episodic Drinking, Within Year: Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2007–2015)

	2007		2015
	aOR (95% CI)	p	aOR (95% CI)	p
Boys
Lifetime alcohol use
Bisexual	3.49 (1.33–9.18)	0.011	3.30 (2.09–5.20)	<0.001
Gay	1.07 (0.48–2.35)	0.873	4.07 (2.47–6.70)	<0.001
Unsure	1.19 (0.53–2.65)	0.675	1.28 (0.69–2.35)	0.431
Early onset use
Bisexual	2.66 (1.28–5.54)	0.009	2.30 (1.63–3.24)	<0.001
Gay	2.14 (1.25–3.65)	0.005	1.76 (1.23–2.52)	<0.001
Unsure	2.30 (0.90–5.91)	0.083	1.92 (1.41–2.61)	<0.001
Past 30-day use
Bisexual	2.22 (1.00–4.90)	0.049	1.42 (0.95–2.12)	0.090
Gay	0.79 (0.37–1.68)	0.535	2.07 (1.46–2.93)	<0.001
Unsure	2.17 (0.98–4.82)	0.056	1.31 (0.85–2.03)	0.217
Past 30-day HED
Bisexual	0.88 (0.36–2.14)	0.773	1.21 (0.82–1.78)	0.331
Gay	0.98 (0.44–2.20)	0.956	1.74 (1.09–2.78)	0.021
Unsure	1.83 (0.88–3.78)	0.104	1.91 (1.18–3.09)	0.009
Girls
Lifetime alcohol use
Bisexual	2.81 (1.63–4.83)	<0.001	2.02 (1.52–2.68)	<0.001
Lesbian	2.43 (0.85–6.94)	0.097	1.39 (0.87–2.21)	0.164
Unsure	0.89 (0.40–1.99)	0.778	1.03 (0.70–1.51)	0.900
Early onset use
Bisexual	2.07 (1.28–3.36)	0.003	2.34 (1.88–2.90)	<0.001
Lesbian	1.19 (0.57–2.48)	0.645	2.64 (1.77–3.94)	<0.001
Unsure	2.15 (0.96–4.81)	0.062	1.36 (1.07–1.74)	0.013
Past 30-day use
Bisexual	3.07 (2.11–4.46)	<0.001	1.77 (1.47–2.13)	<0.001
Lesbian	0.85 (0.35–2.07)	0.721	1.23 (0.87–1.74)	0.246
Unsure	0.90 (0.48–1.70)	0.748	0.87 (0.68–1.11)	0.262
Past 30-day HED
Bisexual	2.12 (1.39–3.23)	0.001	1.78 (1.42–2.24)	<0.001
Lesbian	0.55 (0.21–1.48)	0.237	1.01 (0.68–1.49)	0.963
Unsure	1.52 (0.78–2.96)	0.224	1.25 (0.92–1.71)	0.154

Reference group = heterosexual. Data were weighted and odds ratios adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, and state. aOR in bold indicate p < 0.05.

aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.