Blashill Aaron J, Calzo Jerel P, Griffiths Scott, Murray Stuart B
Aaron J. Blashill and Jerel P. Calzo are with San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. Scott Griffiths is with University of Canberra, Bruce, Canberra, Australia. Stuart B. Murray is with University of California, San Francisco.
Am J Public Health. 2017 Feb;107(2):319-321. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303566. Epub 2016 Dec 20.
To examine the prevalence of anabolic steroid misuse among US adolescent boys as a function of sexual orientation and race/ethnicity.
We analyzed boys from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (n = 6248; mean age = 16), a representative sample of US high school students. Lifetime prevalence of anabolic steroid misuse was dichotomized as never versus 1 or more times.
Sexual minority boys reported elevated misuse compared with heterosexual boys, within each level of race/ethnicity. Black, Hispanic, and White sexual minority boys reported misuse at approximately 25%, 20%, and 9%, respectively.
Sexual orientation health disparities in anabolic steroid misuse disproportionally affect Black and Hispanic sexual minority adolescent boys, but more research is needed to understand the mechanisms driving these disparities.
研究美国青少年男性中合成代谢类固醇滥用情况与性取向及种族/族裔的关系。
我们分析了来自2015年青少年风险行为调查的男孩（n = 6248；平均年龄 = 16岁），这是美国高中生的一个代表性样本。合成代谢类固醇滥用的终生患病率被分为从未使用过与使用过1次或更多次。
在每个种族/族裔水平上，性少数群体男孩报告的滥用率高于异性恋男孩。黑人、西班牙裔和白人的性少数群体男孩报告的滥用率分别约为25%、20%和9%。
合成代谢类固醇滥用方面的性取向健康差异对黑人和西班牙裔性少数青少年男性的影响尤为严重，但需要更多研究来了解导致这些差异的机制。
