The Association of Asthma, Sexual Identity, and Inhaled Substance Use among U.S. Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Rationale: Minority sexual identity appears to confer asthma risks. Although associations between inhaled substances and asthma are established, these have not been examined among sexual minority youths. Given sexual minority adolescents' disproportionately high rates of substance use, research is needed to fill this important gap.Objectives: Using a representative sample of adolescents from the United States, we 1) examined associations among asthma, sexual identity, and inhaled substance use and tested 2a) whether sexual identity moderates relationships between asthma and inhaled substance use and 2b) whether inhaled substance use mediates associations between sexual identity and asthma.Methods: Data are from the 2015 and 2017 Youth Risk Behavior

SUBMITTER: Veldhuis CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7869781 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature