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. 2021 Apr 15;10(2):148–155. doi: 10.1089/jayao.2020.0082

Table 2.

Effect of Identifying as a Sexual Minority on Depression and Anxiety (N = 1025)

  Depression
Anxiety
Unadjusted
Adjusteda
Unadjusted
Adjusteda
Odds ratio (95% CI) p Odds ratio (95% CI) p Odds ratio (95% CI) p Odds ratio (95% CI) p
Sexual orientation
 Sexual minority 1.55 (0.89–2.68) 0.12 1.36 (0.75–2.47) 0.31 2.15 (1.26–3.70) 0.005 1.88 (1.05–3.35) 0.033
 Heterosexual Reference   Reference   Reference   Reference  
Age at enrollment 0.97 (0.94–1.00) 0.059 0.96 (0.94–1.00) 0.024 0.98 (0.95–1.01) 0.16 0.97 (0.94–1.01) 0.10
Race
 African American 0.69 (0.26–1.85) 0.46 0.44 (0.15–1.31) 0.14 0.60 (0.21–1.75) 0.35 0.41 (0.13–1.30) 0.13
 Asian or Native American 0.65 (0.34–1.22) 0.18 0.58 (0.29–1.14) 0.12 0.52 (0.25–1.06) 0.073 0.48 (0.23–1.02) 0.057
 Mixed/other 1.28 (0.88–1.85) 0.20 1.35 (0.84–2.17) 0.22 1.09 (0.74–1.62) 0.66 1.07 (0.66–1.75) 0.78
 White Reference   Reference   Reference   Reference  
Ethnicity
 Hispanic 1.07 (0.77–1.49) <0.001 0.84 (0.54–1.29) 0.42 1.07 (0.76–1.52) <0.001 0.97 (0.63–1.51) 0.90
 Not Hispanic Reference   Reference   Reference   Reference  
Social support 0.91 (0.90–0.93) <0.001 0.91 (0.89–0.93) <0.001 0.93 (0.91–0.94) <0.001 0.93 (0.91–0.94) <0.001
a

Adjusted model controls for age at enrollment, race, ethnicity, and social support.

CI, confidence interval.