Menino David D, Katz-Wise Sabra L, Vetters Ralph, Reisner Sari L
Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Transgend Health. 2018 May 1;3(1):82-87. doi: 10.1089/trgh.2018.0002. eCollection 2018.
Gender-affirming medical interventions have been associated with mental health improvements among transgender individuals. However, little is known about optimal timing of these interventions as they relate to stress-sensitive behaviors such as smoking. We analyzed electronic health record data from transgender youth and young adults to examine whether longer duration from transgender identity recognition to hormone initiation was associated with smoking behaviors. Longer duration from age of identity recognition to age of cross-sex hormone initiation was associated with increased odds of current and lifetime smoking. Future research should investigate other potential risk factors associated with transgender-specific stressors for this population.
性别肯定性医疗干预与跨性别者心理健康状况改善相关。然而，对于这些干预措施与吸烟等应激敏感行为相关的最佳时机，我们知之甚少。我们分析了跨性别青少年和青年的电子健康记录数据，以研究从跨性别身份认同到开始激素治疗的时间间隔较长是否与吸烟行为有关。从身份认同年龄到开始接受跨性别激素治疗的时间间隔较长，与当前吸烟和终生吸烟几率增加相关。未来的研究应调查该人群中与跨性别特定应激源相关的其他潜在风险因素。
