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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2019 Jan;23(1):72–81. doi: 10.1007/s10995-018-2595-x

Table 2.

Results from logistic regressions examining sexual orientation disparities in birth outcomes (n=19,995)

Panel A: Miscarriage v. live birth (n=19,765) Panel B: Still Birth v live birth (n=16,141)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2
OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P


Sexual Orientation
 Heterosexual-WSM 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Heterosexual-WSW 1.43 (1.08, 1.91) * 1.25 (1.00, 1.58) * 1.96 (0.80, 4.79) 1.71 (0.80, 3.66)
 Bisexual/Lesbian 1.89 (1.38, 2.58) *** 1.77 (1.34, 2.35) *** 3.43 (1.64, 7.16) *** 2.85 (1.40, 5.83) **

Source: National Survey of Family Growth 2006-2015

Notes: Model 2 adjusts for race/ethnicity, education, maternal age, public assistance, income-to-needs ratio, intrauterine insemination, in vitro fertilization,prenatal care in first trimester, smoked during pregnancy, gravidity, and month of interview; CI=Confidence Interval; OR=Odds Ratio; WSM=Women who have only had sex with men; WSW=Women who have had sex with a woman

p < .10.

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001