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Table 5 Trends in Disparities in Recent Cigarette Smoking: Interactions Between Sexual Orientation and Year

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

 

Male

Female

 

ORa (95% CI)

ORa (95% CI)

 OPPOS by Year 2004

ref

ref

 BOTH by Year 1998

0.81 (0.67, 0.98)

0.73 (0.54, 0.99)

 BOTH by Year 2010

0.91 (0.76, 1.08)

0.98 (0.77, 1.24)

 SAME by Year 1998

1.00 (0.63, 1.58)

0.65 (0.30, 1.38)

 SAME by Year 2010

1.25 (0.82, 1.91)

1.15 (0.65, 2.04)

  1. Note. Data were weighted. Odd ratio in bold indicates p < .05
  2. aThe model included sexual orientation, survey year, and grade along with orientation-by-year interactions
  3. OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, OPPOS Students who had sex with partner(s) of the opposite gender only, BOTH Students who had sex with both male and female partners, SAME Students who had sex with partner(s) of the same gender only, ref Reference group
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International Journal for Equity in Health

ISSN: 1475-9276

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