Sexual Orientation Differences in Alcohol Use Disorder Across the Adult Life Course.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sexual orientation‒related disparities in alcohol use disorder are well-established. Yet, the degree to which sexual orientation differences in alcohol use disorder vary across the life course is poorly understood. There is also a limited understanding of how exposure to minority stressors and their relationship with alcohol use disorder vary as a function of age.

Methods

Using nationally representative data collected in 2012-2013, authors used sex-stratified time-varying effect models to estimate age-specific prevalence rates of alcohol use disorder among heterosexual and sexual minority adults aged 18-60 years (N=28,090). Among sexual minority adults (n=1,050), authors also assessed age-specific associations between exposure to lesbian, gay, and bisexual‒relat

SUBMITTER: Fish JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483372 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature