Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of observed variables and sex comparisons
| Variable | Total | Male | Female | Coef (95% CI)/ Statistic |
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| Sexual orientation [n (%)] | |||||||
| Exclusively Heterosexual | 7306 | (80.9) | 2888 | (84.7) | 4418 | (78.6) | −0.34 (−0.45, −0.22)‡ |
| Mostly Heterosexual | 1040 | (11.5) | 213 | (6.3) | 827 | (14.7) | |
| Bisexual | 182 | (2.0) | 34 | (1.0) | 148 | (2.6) | |
| Mostly Gay/Lesbian | 175 | (1.9) | 62 | (1.8) | 113 | (2.0) | |
| Exclusively Gay/Lesbian | 327 | (3.6) | 211 | (6.2) | 116 | (2.1) | |
| Depressive symptoms [Median (Range)] |
3 | (0–16) | 3 | (0–16) | 4 | (0–16) | 12.20†*** |
| Generalized anxiety symptoms [Median (Range)] |
5 | (0–40) | 4 | (0–40) | 6 | (0–40) | 16.24†*** |
| Early-life adversities [Median (Range)] |
4 | (0–32) | 4 | (0–32) | 4 | (0–32) | −2.77†* |
| Intimate partner violence [Median (Range)] |
8 | (6–30) | 9 | (6–30) | 8 | (6–30) | −3.57†*** |
| Other illicit drug use [Median (Range)] |
0 | (0–28) | 0 | (0–28) | 0 | (0–24) | −9.24†*** |
| Alcohol use problems [Median (Range)] |
6 | (0–36) | 7 | (0–36) | 5 | (0–36) | −10.86†*** |
| Cannabis use [Median (Range)] |
0 | (0–21) | 0 | (0–21) | 0 | (0–21) | −10.57†*** |
| Lifetime sexual partners [n (%)] | |||||||
| 0 | 1338 | (15.4) | 550 | (16.7) | 788 | (14.6) | −0.01 (−0.07, 0.06)‡‡ |
| 1 | 1617 | (18.6) | 574 | (17.5) | 1043 | (19.3) | |
| 2–3 | 2037 | (23.4) | 799 | (24.3) | 1238 | (22.9) | |
| 4–7 | 1845 | (21.2) | 628 | (19.1) | 1217 | (22.5) | |
| 8–14 | 1157 | (13.3) | 420 | (12.8) | 737 | (13.6) | |
| >14 | 704 | (8.1) | 319 | (9.7) | 385 | (7.1) | |
Coef – Regression coefficient, 95% CI – 95% confidence intervals,
‡
Unstandardized ordinal logistic regression coefficient and 95% CIs,
†
Wilcoxon Signed rank test (Mann-Whitney U),
‡‡
Unstandardized linear regression coefficient with 95% CIs.
***
p<0.001,
*
p<0.05