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Table 3 Association between sexual orientation (LGB versus non-LGB) and cigarette smoking in Shanghai

From: Sexual orientation and smoking history: results from a community-based sample of youth in Shanghai, China

Smoking variables

LGB

Bisexual

Homosexual

Combined

Whole sample

 Ever smoked cigarette, OR(95 % CI)

0.90 (0.72, 1.11)

0.67 (0.45, 0.98)*

0.84 (0.69, 1.01)

 Age <13 Years when first smoked, OR(95 % CI)

1.00 (0.60, 1.68)

0.60 (0.18, 2.00)

0.91 (0.57, 1.48)

 Current smoking, OR(95 % CI)

0.98 (0.75, 1.30)

0.69 (0.41, 1.18)

0.91 (0.71, 1.17)

 Moderate or heavy smoking, OR(95 % CI)

1.83 (0.98, 3.43)

4.41 (1.54, 12.60)**

2.23 (1.29, 3.85)**

Male

 Ever smoked cigarette, OR(95 % CI)

1.03 (0.77, 1.38)

0.88 (0.51, 1.52)

1.00 (0.77, 1.30)

 Age <13 Years when first smoked, OR(95 % CI)

0.76 (0.38, 1.51)

0.94 (0.27, 3.19)

0.80 (0.43, 1.47)

 Current smoking, OR(95 % CI)

1.08 (0.76, 1.49)

0.85 (0.45, 1.58)

1.02 (0.76, 1.37)

 Moderate or heavy smoking, OR(95 % CI)

1.85 (0.98, 3.48)

4.26 (1.47, 12.39)**

2.23 (1.28, 3.88)**

Female

 Ever smoked cigarette, OR(95 % CI)

0.74 (0.51, 1.10)

0.52 (0.25, 1.08)

0.69 (0.49, 0.97)*

 Age < 13 Years when first smoked, OR(95 % CI)

1.68 (0.72, 3.94)

1.23 (0.55, 2.76)

 Current smoking, OR(95 % CI)

0.85 (0.37, 1.98)

0.39 (0.05, 2.87)

0.73 (0.33, 1.60)

 Moderate or heavy smoking, OR(95 % CI)

  1. Covariates: age (<18 years, ≥18 years); education (≤12 grade, >12 grade); Hukou (Shanghai, others); live station (alone, with others). Referent group is heterosexual (non-LGB) group
  2. CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio
  3. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01