. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 22.

Published in final edited form as: J Gay Lesbian Ment Health. 2019 Mar 8;23(2):221–243. doi: 10.1080/19359705.2019.1568944

Table 2:

Differences in Key Covariates by Sexual Identity

	Exclusviely Heterosexual (reference) (n=9,647)	Mostly Heterosexual (n=745)	Bisexual (n=183)	Gay/Lesbian (n=152)
	% (n) or Mean (SD)	% (n) or Mean (SD)	% (n) or Mean (SD)	% (n) or Mean (SD)
Wave 1 (Adolescence)
Social Support Scale (Range 10-40)	32.13 (4.58)	30.99 (4.60)^***	30.53 (4.85)^***	30.89 (4.78)^***
Wave 3 (Late-Adolescence)
Disordered Eating Behavior	16.06% (1,549)	22.55% (168)^***	26.78% (49)^***	19.08% (29) ^n.s.
Depressive Symptoms (range 0-27)	4.38 (3.90)	6.13 (4.79)^***	6.54 (4.71)^***	5.68 (4.31)^***
Body Mass Index (range 13.5-64.4 )	26.75 (6.38)	26.36 (6.69) ^n.s.	27.59 (8.05)⁺	26.33 (6.52) ^n.s.
Wave 4 (Early-Adulthood)
Depressive Symptoms (range 0-27)	5.08 (4.00)	6.48 (4.62)^***	6.83 (5.11)^***	5.38 (3.90) ^n.s.
Body Mass Index (range 14.4-80.5)	29.06 (7.46)	28.65 (7.87) ^n.s.	29.57 (8.89) ^n.s.	29.04 (7.51) ^n.s.
Change Variable (Wave 3 to 4)
Change in Depressive Symptoms	0.70 (4.34)	0.34 (5.12) ^n.s.	0.30 (4.31) ^n.s.	−0.30 (4.54)^**

Note: Data come from ADD Health. DEB=Disordered eating behavior; SD=Standard Deviation. Group differences in key covaraites were assessed using two-tailed two-sample t-tests (for mean differences in continuous measures) or two-category chi-squared tests (for proportion differences in categorical measures). We compared those who identify as “exclusively heterosexual” to sexual minority peers.

^n.s.

p>.10

⁺

p<.10

^**

p<0.01

^***

p<0.001