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Published in final edited form as: Arch Sex Behav. 2018 Apr 9;48(1):225–242. doi: 10.1007/s10508-018-1169-8

Table 4.

Disparities in Number of Conditions and HQoL: Women

Sexual Orientation	Number of Conditions	Health Related Quality of Life
	RR (95% CI)	b (95% CI)
Sexual Identity
Lesbian	1.28 (.93, 1.64)	−2.05 (−4.20, .09)
Bisexual	1.12 (.88, 1.36)	−1.96 (−3.54, −.37)^*
Not Sure	1.38 (.88, 1.89)	−3.14 (−6.96, .67)
Heterosexual	Referent	Referent
Sexual Attractions
Only SS	1.01 (.84, 1.23)	−.32 (−1.92, 1.28)
Mostly SS	.91 (.64, 1.18)	.91 (−.96, 2.79)
Equally SS and OS	1.05 (.91, 1.18)	.55 (−.86, 1.95)
Mostly OS	1.11 (1.00, 1.23)^*	−.86 (−1.63, −.09)^*
Only OS	Referent	Referent
Sexual Behavior
Only SS	0.94 (.74, 1.15)	.17 (−1.80, 2.13)
Both SS and OS	1.34 (1.12, 1.55)^**	−2.22 (−3.29, −1.15)^**
Never had sex	1.13 (.86, 1.39)	−1.13 (−2,42, .16)
Only OS	Referent	Referent

p < .05;

^**

p < .01.

Estimates are adjusted for: age, sex, income, education, marital status, and region of country. Number of conditions = number of conditions reported by an individual (disease burden). HQoL = health related quality of life; SS = same-sex; OS = opposite-sex