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. 2020 Aug;110(8):1221–1227. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305701

TABLE 3—

Adjusted Odds of Experiencing Suicidality Among Young LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer or Questioning) Individuals Who Underwent Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts (SOGICE) and Those Who Did Not: United States, 2018

Variable Seriously Considered Suicide (n = 22 462), AOR (95% CI) Attempted Suicide (n = 22 462), AOR (95% CI) Multiple Suicide Attempts (n = 22 462), AOR (95% CI)
Age, y (Ref = 13–17) 0.58 (0.55, 0.61) 0.44 (0.41, 0.48) 0.40 (0.36, 0.44)
Race/ethnicitya
 White (Ref) 1 1 1
 Hispanic/Latinx 0.90 (0.82, 0.98) 1.10 (0.99, 1.22) 1.15 (1.00, 1.31)
 Black/African American 0.82 (0.69, 0.99) 1.09 (0.87, 1.36) 0.96 (0.71, 1.29)
 Asian American/Pacific Islander 0.88 (0.74, 1.04) 0.95 (0.78, 1.20) 1.07 (0.79, 1.44)
 American Indian/Alaska Native 1.24 (0.87, 1.76) 1.87 (1.28, 2.74) 1.87 (1.20, 2.91)
 Multiple 1.14 (1.02, 1.28) 1.27 (1.11, 1.45) 1.31 (1.11, 1.54)
Census region
 Northeast (Ref) 1 1 1
 South 1.01 (0.92, 1.10) 1.02 (0.91, 1.14) 1.03 (0.88, 1.19)
 Midwest 1.15 (1.05, 1.26) 1.22 (1.09, 1.36) 1.19 (1.03, 1.39)
 West 1.12 (1.03, 1.23) 1.16 (1.03, 1.30) 1.06 (0.91, 1.24)
Family use of religion to say negative things about being LGBTQ 1.61 (1.51, 1.70) 1.62 (1.50, 1.75) 1.66 (1.50, 1.84)
Low family income 1.33 (1.25, 1.42) 1.57 (1.46, 1.70) 1.62 (1.47, 1.80)
Sexual orientation
 Gay or lesbian (Ref) 1 1 1
 Bisexual 1.53 (1.43, 1.64) 1.37 (1.26, 1.49) 1.32 (1.18, 1.48)
 Straight or something else 1.38 (1.27, 1.50) 1.16 (1.05, 1.28) 1.21 (1.06, 1.38)
Transgender/nonbinary 1.94 (1.82, 2.08) 1.87 (1.72, 2.02) 1.78 (1.60, 1.97)
Discrimination because of sexual orientation or gender identity 1.45 (1.36, 1.56) 1.62 (1.47, 1.79) 1.55 (1.35, 1.78)
Physical threats or harm because of sexual orientation or gender identity 2.13 (1.98, 2.29) 2.28 (2.10, 2.47) 2.19 (1.97, 2.42)
SOGICE 1.76 (1.52, 2.04) 2.23 (1.93, 2.59) 2.54 (2.16, 2.99)

Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

a

Racial categories are non-Hispanic.