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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol. 2021 Jul 8;74:101980. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2021.101980

Table 3.

Association of sexual identity with tobacco use quantity and intensity among PATH Wave 1 (2013–14) Biomarker Core women.

Full biomarker core sample (n=4,930) Past 30-day tobacco users (n=3,630) Past 30-day excmsive established cigarette users (n=1,302)
β (95% CI) β (95% CI) β (95% CI)
Number of cigarettes per day
 Heterosexual Ref Ref Ref
 Gay/lesbian 0.33 (−1.33, 2.00) −0.15 (−2.63, 2.32) 3.89 (−0.07, 7.86)
 Bisexual 1.30 (0.05, 2.55)* −0.17 (−1.51, 1.18) −1.40 (−3.73, 0.93)
 Something else 0.20 (−2.09, 2.48) −0.85 (−4.68, 2.97) −4.23 (−7.02, −1.44)*
Number of tobacco products
 Heterosexual Ref Ref Ref
 Gay/lesbian 0.31 (0.06, 0.55)* 0.36 (0.15, 0.55)* ---
 Bisexual 0.42 (0.28, 0.56)* 0.21 (0.09, 0.33)* ---
 Something else 0.25 (−0.08, 0.59) 0.21 (0.01, 0.41)* ---
WISDM score (11 items; 0–44)
 Heterosexual Ref Ref Ref
 Gay/lesbian 0.18 (−2.84, 3.20) −0.69 (−4.55, 3.18) 6.52 (−1.35, 14.29)
 Bisexual 2.89 (0.96, 4.82)* −0.12 (−1.96, 1.72) 0.47 (−3.31, 4.26)
 Something else 0.70 (−2.29, 3.69) −0.81 (−4.25, 2.63) −4.02 (−12.02, 3.98)

Note: Reference is heterosexual women. Models control for age, race, ethnicity, urbanicity, census region, marijuana use, alcohol use, household second hand smoke exposure, internalizing symptoms, and BMI.

*

p<0.05