Table 3.

Adjusted Estimates of Past-Year Binge Drinking and High-Intensity Binge Drinking Among Women and Men by Sexual Attraction, Sexual Behavior, and Sexual Identity: National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions III, 2012–2013

	4+/5+ Threshold			8+/10+ Threshold			12+/15+ Threshold
	aOR	95% CI	p	aOR	95% CI	p	aOR	95% CI	p
Women
Sexual attraction
Exclusively other-sex	1.00			1.00			1.00
Mostly other-sex	2.05	1.69–2.49	<0.001	1.94	1.49–2.53	<0.001	1.61	1.06–2.44	0.025
Both men and women	1.77	1.27–2.46	0.001	1.52	1.10–2.11	0.011	1.63	1.05–2.52	0.028
Mostly/exclusively same-sex	1.90	1.50–2.39	<0.001	2.90	2.13–3.94	<0.001	2.83	1.90–4.20	<0.001
Sexual behavior
Exclusively other-sex	1.00			1.00			1.00
Exclusively same-sex	1.81	1.33–2.45	<0.001	2.64	1.81–3.84	<0.001	3.27	1.99–5.36	<0.001
Both men and women	2.21	1.78–2.74	<0.001	2.49	2.01–3.08	<0.001	2.39	1.77–3.23	<0.001
Sexual identity
Heterosexual	1.00			1.00			1.00
Gay/lesbian	1.87	1.40–2.49	<0.001	2.46	1.75–3.47	<0.001	2.20	1.34–3.62	0.002
Bisexual	2.33	1.69–3.20	<0.001	1.62	1.15–2.29	0.007	1.23	0.75–1.99	0.409
Men
Sexual attraction
Exclusively other-sex	1.00			1.00			1.00
Mostly other-sex	1.04	0.82–1.31	0.760	1.14	0.83–1.57	0.424	1.13	0.70–1.83	0.610
Both men and women	0.94	0.57–1.56	0.811	1.17	0.69–2.00	0.558	0.95	0.31–2.91	0.928
Mostly/exclusively same-sex	0.63	0.50–0.80	<0.001	0.43	0.31–0.60	<0.001	0.56	0.34–0.92	0.022
Sexual behavior
Exclusively other-sex	1.00			1.00			1.00
Exclusively same-sex	0.61	0.48–0.77	<0.001	0.37	0.26–0.53	<0.001	0.39	0.23–0.68	0.001
Both men and women	1.08	0.81–1.44	0.596	1.08	0.75–1.55	0.680	0.95	0.54–1.67	0.864
Sexual identity
Heterosexual	1.00			1.00			1.00
Gay	1.07	0.80–1.42	0.658	0.75	0.52–1.09	0.135	0.99	0.56–1.74	0.966
Bisexual	1.05	0.67–1.64	0.824	1.21	0.71–2.06	0.487	1.14	0.43–3.06	0.786

Models were adjusted for race/ethnicity, age, marital status, employment status, annual income, and education.

aOR, adjusted odds ratio.