Table 2 |
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Association of Sexual Orientation with Current Smoking and Heavy Drinking After Adjusting for Demographic Characteristics1 |
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Characteristic |
Women |
Men |
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Current Smoker Adj. OR (95% CI) |
Heavy Drinker Adj. OR (95% CI) |
Current Smoker Adj. OR (95% CI) |
Heavy Drinker Adj. OR (95% CI) |
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Sexual Orientation |
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Heterosexual |
(ref gp) |
(ref gp) |
(ref gp) |
(ref gp) |
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Lesbian/Gay |
1.60 (1.02–2.51) |
2.14 (1.08–4.23) |
2.40 (1.75–3.30) |
1.54 (0.96–2.45) |
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Race/Ethnicity |
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White nonHispanic |
(ref gp) |
(ref gp) |
(ref gp) |
(ref gp) |
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African-American/Black |
1.23 (0.99–1.52) |
0.55 (0.34–0.89) |
0.93 (0.91–1.02) |
0.82 (0.51–1.31) |
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Latino(a) |
0.48 (0.38–0.60) |
0.66 (0.48–0.89) |
0.64 (0.50–0.81) |
1.70 (1.30–2.22) |
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Asian |
0.45 (0.35–0.56) |
0.41 (0.26–0.63) |
0.98 (0.80–1.20) |
0.54 (0.38–0.77) |
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Pacific Islander |
0.81 (0.32–2.07) |
0.30 (0.04–2.26) |
3.26 (1.61–6.60) |
2.28 (0.98–5.33) |
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Other |
1.11 (0.81–1.52) |
0.92 (0.49–1.71) |
1.33 (0.96–1.84) |
0.94 (0.57–1.57) |
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Educational Attainment |
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< 12 years |
1.22 (0.89–1.52) |
1.50 (0.86–2.64) |
1.46 (1.09–1.96) |
0.86 (0.57–1.32) |
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High School Graduate |
(ref gp) |
(ref gp) |
(ref gp) |
(ref gp) |
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Some College |
0.73 (0.62–0.86) |
0.77 (0.56–1.04) |
0.73 (0.61–0.87) |
0.67 (0.52–0.87) |
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4-Yr College Graduate |
0.25 (0.21–0.31) |
0.41 (0.29–0.57) |
0.26 (0.21–0.32) |
0.38 (0.28–0.50) |
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1 Adjusted odds ratios and confidence intervals from multiple logistic regression models using weighted survey data and also adjusting for age (continuous variable of 5-yr intervals) and survey year |
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Gruskin and Gordon BMC Public Health 2006 6:241 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-241 |
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