Demographics and Chronic Disease Comparisons among Males, by Sexual Partner Groups (n = 5421)
| Sex Partner, Gender | P Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposite Sex, Male (n = 5126) | Same Sex, Male (n = 295) | ||||
| Patients (n) | % or Mean (95% CI) | Patients (n) | % or Mean (95% CI) | ||
| Age, mean years | 5126 | 44.53 (44.13–44.92) | 295 | 42.33 (40.65–44.01) | .011 |
| White race | 3325 | 64.9 (63.5–66.2) | 220 | 74.6 (69.6–79.5) | .001 |
| SES index | <.0001 | ||||
| Lowest | 1205 | 23.5 (22.3–24.7) | 73 | 24.8 (19.8–29.7) | |
| Lower middle | 1266 | 24.7 (23.5–25.9) | 104 | 35.3 (29.8–40.7) | |
| Upper middle | 1273 | 24.8 (23.6–26.0) | 80 | 27.1 (22.0–32.2) | |
| Highest | 1382 | 27.0 (25.7–28.2) | 38 | 12.9 (9.1–16.7) | |
| Clinic utilization* | |||||
| 75th percentile (highest) | 1240 | 24.2 (23.0–25.4) | 72 | 24.4 (19.5–29.3) | .365 |
| 51st-75th percentiles | 1284 | 25.0 (23.9–26.2) | 86 | 29.2 (24.0–34.3) | |
| 26th-50th percentiles | 1468 | 28.6 (27.4–29.9) | 74 | 25.1 (20.1–30.0) | |
| 25th percentile (lowest) | 1134 | 22.1 (21.0–23.3) | 63 | 21.4 (16.7–26.0) | |
| Depression | 280 | 5.5 (4.8–6.1) | 30 | 10.2 (6.7–13.6) | .001 |
| Any anxiety | 260 | 5.1 (4.5–5.7) | 24 | 8.1 (5.0–11.3) | .022 |
| Any substance dependence | 283 | 5.5 (4.9–6.1) | 25 | 8.5 (5.3–11.7) | .033 |
| Neuropathy | 296 | 5.8 (5.1–6.4) | 21 | 7.1 (4.2–10.0) | .339 |
| Headache | 321 | 6.3 (5.6–6.9) | 24 | 8.1 (5.0–11.3) | .200 |
| Back pain | 998 | 19.5 (18.4–20.6) | 46 | 15.6 (11.4–19.7) | .101 |
| Muscle pain | 1126 | 22.0 (20.8–23.1) | 72 | 24.4 (19.5–29.3) | .326 |
| Arthritis | 1173 | 22.9 (21.7–24.0) | 51 | 17.3 (13.0–21.6) | .025 |
| Smoking status | .011 | ||||
| Never | 2898 | 56.5 (55.2–57.9) | 158 | 53.6 (47.9–59.3) | |
| Former | 865 | 16.9 (15.8–17.9) | 37 | 12.5 (8.8–16.3) | |
| Current | 1363 | 26.6 (25.4–27.8) | 100 | 33.9 (28.5–39.3) | |
| Hyperlipidemia | 1283 | 25.0 (23.8–26.2) | 77 | 26.1 (21.1–31.1) | .680 |
| Hypertension | 1507 | 29.4 (28.1–30.6) | 85 | 28.8 (23.6–34.0) | .830 |
| Vascular disease | 611 | 11.9 (11.0–12.8) | 27 | 9.2 (5.9–12.4) | .152 |
| Prediabetes | 473 | 9.2 (8.4–10.0) | 18 | 6.1 (3.4–8.8) | .069 |
| Type 2 diabetes | 553 | 10.8 (9.9–11.6) | 24 | 8.1 (5.0–11.2) | .151 |
| Obesity | 2034 | 39.7 (38.3–41.0) | 108 | 36.6 (31.1–42.1) | .294 |
| Comorbidity index, mean | 5126 | 0.72 (0.68–0.77) | 295 | 0.92 (0.70–1.14) | .045 |
↵* Quartiles computed from the distribution of average clinic visits per month.
CI, confidence interval.