Table 3.
Stratified chi-square comparisons of current elevated eating disorder symptomology and eating disorder diagnosis by sexual orientation
| Outcomes | Transgender Men | Transgender Women | Genderqueer or Non-conforming | Gender Expansive | ||||||||||||||||
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| Heterosexual (n=392) | Gay/lesbian (n=115) | Bisexual (n=220) | Queer (n=228) | Other (n=125) | Heterosexual (n=161) | Gay/lesbian (n=82) | Bisexual (n=101) | Queer (n=78) | Other (n=48) | Heterosexual (n=96) | Gay/lesbian (n=371) | Bisexual (n=504) | Queer (n=975) | Other (n=597) | Heterosexual (n=18) | Gay/lesbian (n=55) | Bisexual (n=101) | Queer (n=130) | Other (n=284) | |
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| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| ED risk | 23.6a | 36.7b | 40.4b | 34.6b | 44.6b | 32.0a,b | 22.2b | 49.4c | 43.9a,c | 34.2a,b,c | 16.9a | 38.1b | 39.2b | 40.5b | 38.5b | 35.3 | 30.8 | 45.6 | 34.3 | 30.7 |
| Self-reported ED diagnosis | 4.0a | 9.6b | 11.5b | 20.1c | 11.5b | 5.4 | 1.4 | 8.8 | 12.5 | 5.6 | 1.4a | 9.7b | 7.5a,b | 15.3c | 8.5b | 12.5 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 18.2 | 8.8a |
Note. Frequencies represent observed counts; percentages are weighted to account for nonresponse; ED=eating disorder; superscripts represent groups between which there are no significant differences in prevalence (p. ≥05). For instance, prevalence of self-reported ED diagnosis among bisexual GQ/NC college students (7.5%a,b) was not significantly different from heterosexual (1.4%a), gay/lesbian (9.7%b), or other GQ/NC (8.5%b) students. However, gay/lesbian, queer, and other GQ/NC college students reported a higher prevalence of self-reported ED diagnosis relative to heterosexual GQ/NC students.