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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 6.

Disparities in Number of Conditions and HQoL: Men

Sexual Orientation	Number of Conditions	Health Related Quality of Life
	RR (95% CI)	b (95% CI)
Sexual Identity
Gay	1.46 (1.03, 1.89)^*	−1.26 (−3.54, 1.01)
Bisexual	1.59 (1.19, 1.99)^**	0.39 (−2.86, 3.64)
Not Sure	1.70 (1.12, 2.28)^**	0.85 (−1.17, 2.88)
Heterosexual	Referent	Referent
Sexual Attractions
Only SS	1.15 (.92, 1.37)	−1.06 (−2.77, .64)
Mostly SS	1.83 (1.16, 2.51)^**	−1.36 (−4.35, 1.62)
Equally SS and OS	1.40 (1.08, 1.73)^**	−.003 (−2.25, 2.24)
Mostly OS	1.05 (.89, 1.21)	.89 (−2.12, .34)
Only OS	Referent	Referent
Sexual Behavior
Only SS	1.03 (.86, 1.21)	.72 (−.22, 1.67)
Both SS and OS	1.54 (1.30, 1.78)^**	−1.15 (−2.91, .61)
Never had sex	1.09 (.72, 1.46)	−1.05 (−2.53, .43)
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