Table 2 Fully adjusted prevalence ratios for health behaviors, health outcomes, and healthcare access and utilization indicators for sexual minorities compared to heterosexuals across race/ethnicity among U.S. men, National Health Interview Survey, 2013–2015 (n = 41,059)
White sexual minority (reference: heterosexual) PR (95% CI) | Black sexual minority (reference: heterosexual) PR (95% CI) | Latino/Hispanic sexual minority (reference: heterosexual) PR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sample Size | n = 759 | n = 122 | n = 187 |
Health Behaviors | |||
Smoking status (ref: never) | |||
Current | 1.46 (1.24–1.73) | 1.34 (0.80–2.23) | 1.24 (0.81–1.88) |
Former | 1.27 (1.09–1.47) | 0.68 (0.36–1.30) | 1.09 (0.66–1.79) |
Alcohol consumption (ref: never) | |||
Current | 1.14 (1.10–1.18) | 1.21 (1.06–1.38) | 1.13 (1.02–1.25) |
Former | 1.96 (1.39–2.78) | 1.05 (0.54–2.02) | 0.79 (0.29–2.14) |
Heavy drinking | 1.11 (0.94–1.31) | 1.52 (0.90–2.55) | 1.14 (0.62–2.01) |
5+ drinks on at least 2 days | 1.03 (0.91–1.16) | 1.20 (0.80–1.81) | 1.08 (0.80–1.47) |
Leisure-time physical activity (ref: high) | |||
Low | 0.97 (0.85–1.10) | 0.66 (0.42–1.02) | 0.88 (0.65–1.19) |
Never/unable | 1.15 (0.98–1.36) | 0.99 (0.67–1.47) | 1.02 (0.76–1.37) |
Sleep duration (ref: 7, 8 hours) | |||
< 7 h | 1.10 (0.94–1.29) | 0.83 (0.58–1.18) | 1.37 (1.10–1.71) |
> 8 h | 1.16 (0.83–1.62) | 1.00 (0.47–2.11) | 0.99 (0.55–1.80) |
Health Outcomes | |||
Overweight (yes) | 0.90 (0.83–0.98) | 0.84 (0.65–1.08) | 0.77 (0.64–0.93) |
Obesity prevalence (yes) | 0.97 (0.82–1.15) | 0.89 (0.58–1.36) | 0.85 (0.60–1.20) |
Hypertension (yes) | 1.19 (1.04–1.38) | 1.25 (0.87–1.80) | 1.71 (1.24–2.35) |
Diabetes (yes) | 0.87 (0.61–1.24) | 1.03 (0.55–1.95) | 1.34 (0.72–2.50) |
Cancer (yes) | 1.70 (1.27–2.28) | 1.78 (0.66–4.81) | 0.89 (0.32–2.44) |
Heart disease (yes) | 1.27 (0.97–1.66) | 1.63 (0.82–3.21) | 0.80 (0.43–1.50) |
Stroke (yes) | 0.96 (0.50–1.84) | 0.41 (0.09–1.82) | 1.49 (0.53–4.16) |
Functional limitation (yes) | 1.20 (1.05–1.37) | 1.28 (0.87–1.89) | 1.63 (1.14–2.33) |
Injury (3 months) | 0.75 (0.48–1.18) | 1.40 (0.44–4.52) | 0.81 (0.32–2.07) |
Sadness (≥ mostly in past 30 days) | 1.51 (0.82–2.80) | 3.70 (1.68–8.13) | 1.84 (0.73–4.63) |
Depressed (≥ weekly) | 1.68 (1.21–2.33) | 2.52 (0.93–6.83) | 1.57 (0.85–2.93) |
Healthcare Access and Utilization | |||
Health insurance (no) | 1.01 (0.76–1.33) | 1.61 (1.18–2.19) | 0.96 (0.60–1.55) |
Medicaid (yes) | 0.81 (0.49–1.36) | 0.56 (0.33–0.98) | 0.73 (0.33–1.63) |
Usual healthcare place (yes) | 1.07 (1.03–1.11) | 0.99 (0.84–1.16) | 1.18 (1.08–1.28) |
Delay in healthcare because of Costs (yes) | 1.42 (1.12–1.80) | 1.39 (0.82–2.34) | 1.29 (0.79–2.08) |
HPV vaccine (yes) | 2.33 (1.50–3.62) | 2.14 (0.95–4.81) | 2.36 (1.27–4.36) |
HIV test (yes) | 2.41 (2.24 - 2.59) | 1.40 (1.20–1.63) | 2.17 (1.98–2.37) |