Sexual Orientation Differences in Asthma Correlates in a Population-Based Sample of Adults

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ID11028829
AutoresStewart Landers (0009-0005-5101-4108, Harvard University), Stewart J Landers (Stewart J. Landers is with John Snow Inc, Boston, MA. Matthew J. Mimiaga is with the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. Kerith J. Conron is with the Institute on Urban Health Research, Northeastern University, Boston.), Matthew J Mimiaga (0000-0001-9256-2905, Stewart J. Landers is with John Snow Inc, Boston, MA. Matthew J. Mimiaga is with the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. Kerith J. Conron is with the Institute on Urban Health Research, Northeastern University, Boston.), Kerith J Conron (0000-0002-1487-2278, Stewart J. Landers is with John Snow Inc, Boston, MA. Matthew J. Mimiaga is with the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. Kerith J. Conron is with the Institute on Urban Health Research, Northeastern University, Boston.)
Ano2011
Volume101
Fascículo12
Páginas2238-2241
Data de publicação2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2011.300305
PMID22021292
PMCIDPMC3222437
OpenAlexW2049843193
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas14

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

Asthma · Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System · Depression (economics) · Environmental health · Heterosexuality · Homosexuality · Lesbian · Logistic regression · Obesity · Overweight · Population · Psychiatry · Sexual orientation · Underweight · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Immunology · Internal Medicine · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology