Table 4.
Meta-analysis Results for the Odds of Care Provision and Osteoporosis Among People Aged 50 and Older by Sexual Orientation
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | Studies (N) | LGB people (N) | Heterosexual people (N) | Odds ratio | Confidence interval | I 2 | τ 2 | Odds ratio | Confidence interval | I 2 | τ 2 | |
| Provision of care to another | Overall | 15 | 1,347 | 53,909 | 1.004 | 0.818–1.232 | 37.5% | 0.052 | 1.061 | 0.874–1.288 | 29.3% | 0.039 |
| Male | 15 | 673 | 24,395 | 1.120 | 0.811–1.547 | 46.5% | 0.155 | 1.224 | 0.918–1.631 | 36.0% | 0.104 | |
| Female | 15 | 674 | 29,514 | 0.921 | 0.694–1.223 | 34.0% | 0.092 | 0.900 | 0.676–1.200 | 39.9% | 0.113 | |
| Osteoporosis | Overall | 1 | 282 | 3,617 | 1.136 | 0.699–1.845 | — | — | 1.352 | 0.834–2.191 | — | — |
| Male | 1 | 133 | 2,530 | 0.514 | 0.153–1.728 | — | — | 0.467 | 0.130–1.678 | — | — | |
| Female | 1 | 149 | 3,087 | 1.496 | 0.882–2.539 | — | — | 1.638 | 0.963–2.789 | — | — | |
Note. LGB = lesbian, gay, and bisexual.