Research Article
Sexual Health Determinants of Normal Weight, Overweight, and Obese Sexual Minority Men
Table 2
Results for multiple variables by BMI categories.
| | | BMI Categories (%/M/SD) | Chi2(df)/T(df) | | | Normal weight | Overweight | Obese |
| | Sexual orientation | | | | | | | Gay | 33.9% | 19.4% | 9.7% | 1.579(2) | 0.454 | | Bisexual | 16.9% | 13.7% | 6.5% | | |
| | Age | | | | | | | 21–37 | 18.4% | 8.0% | 4.0% | 4.210(2) | 0.378 | | 38–47 | 16.8% | 13.6% | 6.4% | | | | 48–75 | 15.6% | 11.6% | 5.6% | | |
| | Marital status | | | | | | | Single | 24.3% | 16.9% | 7.5% | 15.986(14) | 0.314 | | Married to a man | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.8% | | | | Married to a woman | 7.1% | 4.3% | 3.1% | | | | De facto union with a man | 0.4% | 1.2% | 0.0% | | | | De facto union with a woman | 3.5% | 2.7% | 0.4% | | | | Dating a man | 3.9% | 2.4% | 2.0% | | | | Dating a woman | 0.4% | 2.0% | 0.4% | | | | Divorced | 9.8% | 3.1% | 2.0% | | |
| | Educational attainment | | | | | | | Up to 12 years of schooling | 13.5% | 14.3% | 7.1% | 8.051(2) | 0.018 | | University degree | 37.3% | 19.0% | 8.7% | | |
| | Place of residence | | | | | | | Large urban environment | 32.5% | 20.8% | 8.2% | 4.065(6) | 0.668 | | Small urban environment | 13.3% | 8.6% | 5.9% | | | | Large rural environment | 2.7% | 2.0% | 1.6% | | | | Small rural environment | 2.0% | 2.0% | 0.4% | | |
| | Professional Status | | | | | | | Student | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 16.370(12) | 0.175 | | Unemployed | 3.5% | 1.2% | 0.8% | | | | Working-student | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.0% | | | | Employed | 33.5% | 17.7% | 12.6% | | | | Self-employed | 9.8% | 9.4% | 1.6% | | | | Retired | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.0% | | | | Other | 0.8% | 2.8% | 0.8% | | |
| | Self-assessed HIV status | | | | | | | HIV-negative | 38.8% | 28.8% | 13.2% | 4.209(6) | 0.673 | | HIV-positive | 6.0% | 2.0% | 0.8% | | | | Does not know | 4.4% | 2.0% | 1.6% | | | | Rather not say | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.4% | | |
| | Frequency of receptive anal sex | | | | | | | With condoms | 2.65(1.38) | 2.57(1.44) | 2.37(1.29) | .664(2; 247) | 0.516 | | Without condoms | 2.00(1.11) | 1.68(.95) | 1.56(.95) | 3.872(2; 245) | 0.022 |
| | Frequency of insertive anal sex | | | | | | | With condoms | 2.68(1.41) | 2.70(1.51) | 2.35(1.32) | 0.930(2; 244) | 0.396 | | Without condoms | 1.98(1.18) | 1.98(1.22) | 1.88(1.12) | 0.118(2; 246) | 0.889 | | Level of sexual identity acceptance (1–10) | 8.40(1.90) | 8.46(1.87) | 8.36(1.69) | .042(2; 248) | .959 | | Self-assessment of penis length | 17.24(1.73) | 16.80(2.24) | 16.05(1.825) | 6.023(2; 251) | 0.003 | | Satisfaction with penis length (1–10) | 7.78(1.99) | 7.93(2.31) | 7.38(2.28) | 0.905(2; 250) | 0.406 | | Sexual interest | 4.54(1.50) | 4.21(1.66) | 4.34(1.59) | 1.171(2; 252) | 0.312 | | Sexual arousal | 4.60(1.35) | 4.58(1.20) | 4.48(1.47) | 0.135(2; 248) | 0.874 | | Orgasms | 4.87(1.28) | 4.72(1.35) | 4.48(1.57) | 1.358(2; 250) | 0.259 | | Erectile function | 4.84(1.39) | 4.71(1.35) | 4.48(1.51) | 1.043(2; 250) | 0.354 | | Satisfaction with sex life | 4.60(1.38) | 4.53(1.39) | 4.50(1.41) | 0.107(2; 249) | 0.898 | | General Sexual functioning | 4.69(1.15) | 4.55(1.09) | 4.38(1.36) | 1.179(2; 252) | 0.309 |
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