Comparison of health and health risk factors between lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults and heterosexual adults in the United States: Results from the national health interview survey

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1344-1351

  Gonzales, Gilbert ^a   Przedworski, Julia ^b   Henning Smith, Carrie ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BISEXUAL FEMALE; BISEXUAL MALE; BISEXUALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LGBT PEOPLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL MINORITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; MENTAL STRESS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BISEXUALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL MINORITIES; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84998723931     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.3432     Document Type: Article

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