期刊
JOURNAL OF AGING AND HEALTH
卷 33, 期 5-6, 页码 362-376出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0898264320983663
关键词
Sexual minority health; chronic disease; health disparities; health promotion
资金
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [K01HL146965]
The research found that sexual minority adults have a higher likelihood of multimorbidity compared to heterosexual cisgender adults, and these disparities vary across different age groups. The results emphasize the need for health promotion interventions to reduce adverse health outcomes among sexual minorities.
Objectives: Despite increased risk for chronic disease, there is limited research that has examined disparities in multimorbidity among sexual minority adults and whether these disparities differ by age. Methods: Data were from the 2014-2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. We used sex-stratified multinomial logistic regression to examine differences in multimorbidity between sexual minority and heterosexual cisgender adults and whether hypothesized differences varied across age-groups. Results: The sample included 687,151 adults. Gay, lesbian, and bisexual adults had higher odds of meeting criteria for multimorbidity than same-sex heterosexual adults. These disparities were greater among sexual minority adults under the age of 50 years. Only other non-heterosexual men over the age of 50 years and lesbian women over the age of 80 years were less likely to have multimorbidity than their same-sex heterosexual counterparts. Discussion: Health promotion interventions to reduce adverse health outcomes among sexual minorities across the life span are needed.
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