Table A1 Measures of tobacco use among gender-aggregated samples
StudyOdds ratio (95% CI)PrevalenceComparisonnPopulationSampling frameDefinition of tobacco use
Faulkner and Cranston3538.241.5105Students reporting sexual contact with the same sexMassachusetts, sampled with a random (YRBS) sample during 1993Month
Garofalo et al211.38 (1.2 to 1.59)33.77.7104Gay adolescents, lesbian adolescents, or bisexual adolescentsMassachusetts, sampled with a random (YRBS) sample during 1995Month, smokeless tobacco use
Garofalo et al2159.335.2104Gay adolescents, lesbian adolescents, or bisexual adolescentsMassachusetts, sampled with a random (YRBS) sample during 1995One or more cigarettes per day for the past 30 days
Rostosky et al200.47 (0.26 to 0.83)68African–American adolescent men and women reporting no same-sex attraction at Add Health Wave I and reporting GLB identity at Wave III (comparison is white adolescent men and women reporting same-sex attraction at Wave I and GLB identity at Wave III)USA, Add Health cohort study during 2001Month
1.03 (0.33 to 3.24)16African–American adolescent men and women reporting same-sex attraction at Add Health Wave I and GLB identity at Add Health Wave III (comparison is white adolescent men and women reporting same-sex attraction at Add Health Wave I and GLB identity at Add Health Wave III)
0.4 (0.21 to 0.78)52“Other race” adolescent men and women reporting no same-sex attraction at Add Health Wave I and reporting GLB identity at Wave III (n = 52) (comparison is white adolescent men and women reporting no same-sex attraction at Wave I and reporting GLB identity at Wave III)
0.83 (0.32 to 2.12)27“Other race” adolescent men and women reporting same-sex attraction at Add Health Wave I and GLB identity at Add Health Wave III (comparison is white adolescent men and women reporting same sex-attraction at Add Health Wave I and GLB identity at Add Health Wave III)
0.89(0.48 to 1.66)4533351Adolescent men and women reporting no same-sex attraction at Add Health Wave I who reported GLB identity at Add Health Wave III
0.82 (0.36 to 1.88)4033113Adolescent men and women reporting same-sex attraction at Add Health Wave I and GLB identity at Wave III
  • GLB, gay, lesbian, bisexual; YRBS, Youth Risk Behavior Survey.