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. 2021 Feb;18(2):273–280. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202001-062OC

Table 2.

Main effects of sexual identity on use of each inhaled substance stratified by sex adjusting for BMI, race or ethnicity, and age (N = 30,113)

  Inhaled Substance Use
Cigarette Smoking RRR (95% CI) Cigars RRR (95% CI) Marijuana RRR (95% CI) Electronic Vapor Products RRR (95% CI) Inhalants RRR (95% CI) Synthetic Marijuana RRR (95% CI)
Model 1. Among female youths (ref heterosexual) (n = 15,275)
   Lesbian 2.70 (1.75–4.17) 2.71 (1.72–4.26) 2.42 (1.81–3.25) 1.61 (1.11–2.34) 2.25 (1.34–3.79) 2.25 (1.48–3.42)
   Bisexual 2.89 (2.34–3.57) 2.05 (1.64–2.56) 2.25 (1.86–2.72) 1.79 (1.46–2.21) 2.48 (1.93–3.18) 2.21 (1.77–2.77)
   Unsure or Unknown 1.27 (0.71–2.25) 1.41 (0.93–2.15) 1.03 (0.62–1.70) 1.02 (0.59–1.75) 1.71 (1.21–2.47) 1.15 (0.69–1.91)
 
Model 2. Among male youths (ref heterosexual) (n = 14,838)
   Gay 1.55 (0.98–2.47) 1.28 (0.73–2.26) 1.26 (0.80–1.99) 0.82 (0.55–1.24) 4.01 (2.21–7.31) 2.04 (1.25–3.35)
   Bisexual 1.82 (1.19–2.80) 1.27 (0.86–1.86) 1.17 (0.82–1.67) 0.99 (0.55–1.24) 3.04 (1.97–4.68) 1.48 (0.93–2.38)
   Unsure or Unknown 1.17 (0.83–1.64) 1.21 (0.92–1.59) 0.92 (0.73–1.17) 1.00 (0.74–1.35) 2.63 (2.03–3.41) 1.53 (1.13–2.06)

Definition of abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; CI = confidence interval; ref = reference; RRR = relative risk ratio.