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Table 2 Interpretation of Odds Ratios for Analyses of Trends in Disparities

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

 

Original ORsa

ORs for interaction terms

Sexual orientation-based disparities

Year 1998 or 2010

>1

>1

Widening

Year 2004 (reference)

<1

Narrowing

Year 1998 or 2010

<1

>1

Narrowing

Year 2004 (reference)

<1

Widening

  1. Note. OR Odds ratio
  2. aORs from logistic regression models that examine sexual orientation-based disparities in tobacco use within each of the 3 years (1998, 2004, and 2010)
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International Journal for Equity in Health

ISSN: 1475-9276

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