Overweight and obesity in sexual-minority women: Evidence from population-based data
Overweight and obesity in sexual-minority women: Evidence from population-based data
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.2006.088419
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发表时间：
2007-06-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Bauer, Greta R.
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作者：
Boehmer, Ulrike;Bowen, Deborah J.;Bauer, Greta R.
客观的。我们试图确定女同性恋是否比其他性取向的女性有更高的超重和肥胖率。方法。我们使用 2002 年全国家庭成长调查的数据比较了不同性取向群体对超重和肥胖的人口估计。结果。调整后的多项逻辑回归分析显示，女同性恋者超重（比值比 [OR]= 2.69；95% 置信区间 [CI] = 1.40, 5.18）和肥胖（OR= 2.47；95% CI = 1.19, 5.09）的几率是异性恋女性的两倍多。双性恋者和报告自己性取向为“其他”的女性（除了异性恋、女同性恋或双性恋）没有表现出超重和肥胖的几率增加。结论。与所有其他女性性取向群体相比，女同性恋者超重和肥胖的发生率更高。这一发现表明，女同性恋者因超重和肥胖而发病和死亡的风险更大。这一发现还强调了对该人群进行干预的必要性。
Objective. We sought to determine whether lesbians have higher rates of overweight and obesity than women of other sexual orientations.Methods. We compared population estimates of overweight and obesity across sexual orientation groups, using data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth.Results. Adjusted multinomial logistic regression analyses showed lesbians have more than twice the odds of overweight (odds ratio [OR]= 2.69; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.40, 5.18) and obesity (OR= 2.47; 95% CI = 1.19, 5.09) as heterosexual women. Bisexuals and women who reported their sexual orientation as "something else" (besides heterosexual, lesbian, or bisexual) showed no such increase in the odds of overweight and obesity.Conclusions. Lesbian women have a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity than all other female sexual orientation groups. This finding suggests that lesbians are at greater risk for morbidity and mortality linked to overweight and obesity. This finding also highlights the need for interventions within this population.