Open AccessSexual Orientation Differences in Asthma Correlates in a Population-Based Sample of Adults
Author(s) -
Stewart Landers,
Matthew J. Mimiaga,
Kerith J. Conron
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300305
Subject(s) - sexual orientation , asthma , medicine , logistic regression , lesbian , demography , population , underweight , overweight , depression (economics) , behavioral risk factor surveillance system , heterosexuality , obesity , clinical psychology , psychiatry , homosexuality , psychology , environmental health , immunology , social psychology , sociology , economics , psychoanalysis , macroeconomics
To understand what conditions may correlate with asthma diagnoses in the lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) population, we used Massachusetts Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data to construct multivariable logistic regression models separately for LGB individuals and heterosexuals. Current or former smoking and obesity were positively associated with history of an asthma diagnosis among both LGB individuals and heterosexuals. Being underweight (negative correlation) and overweight and reporting frequent symptoms of depression in the preceding 30 days also predicted a history of asthma diagnosis among heterosexuals.