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Table 4 Sexual Orientation Disparities in Recent Cigarette Smoking, within Year: Odds Ratiosa and 95 % Confidence Intervals

From: Is it getting better? An analytical method to test trends in health disparities, with tobacco use among sexual minority vs. heterosexual youth as an example

 

1998

2001

2004

2007

2010

Male

     

 OPPOS

ref

ref

ref

ref

ref

 BOTH

1.36 (1.19, 1.55)

1.43 (1.25, 1.64)

1.73 (1.51, 1.99)

1.33 (1.19, 1.48)

1.60 (1.43, 1.80)

 SAME

0.86 (0.62, 1.19)

0.63 (0.44, 0.90)

0.87 (0.63, 1.20)

1.12 (0.86, 1.47)

1.10 (0.84, 1.44)

Female

     

 OPPOS

ref

ref

ref

ref

ref

 BOTH

1.66 (1.30, 2.13)

1.76 (1.45, 2.14)

2.36 (1.96, 2.84)

2.27 (1.92, 2.68)

2.33 (2.00, 2.71)

 SAME

0.67 (0.36, 1.24)

0.56 (0.33, 0.97)

1.08 (0.69, 1.70)

0.79 (0.52, 1.20)

1.24 (0.87, 1.78)

  1. Note. Data were weighted. 95 % confidence intervals are in parentheses, Odds ratios in bold indicate p < .05
  2. aAdjusted for grade
  3. OPPOS Students who had sex in past year with partner(s) of the opposite gender only, BOTH Students who had sex in past year with both male and female partners, SAME Students who had sex in past year with partner(s) of the same gender only, ref Reference group