1 Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
2 Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
LGBT Health. 2019 Jan;6(1):1-8. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2018.0053.
The study tested if sexual orientation is associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS) in young adulthood (ages 24-32), and if economic strain impacts associations.
Gender-stratified logistic regressions were fit among 11,575 young adults (1644 sexual minority [SM]) in Wave IV of The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.
MetS was not associated with sexual orientation for either gender, yet economic strain was more prevalent among both SM males and females. Additional MetS risk factors (smoking, binge drinking, and lower education) emerged for SM females.
Although MetS did not differ by sexual orientation, emergent sexual orientation disparities among females suggest increased future risk.
本研究旨在探讨性取向是否与年轻人（24-32 岁）的代谢综合征（MetS）有关，以及经济压力是否会影响这种关联。
在国家青少年至成人健康纵向研究的第四波调查中，对 11575 名年轻成年人（1644 名性少数群体[SM]）进行了性别分层逻辑回归分析。
无论性别如何，代谢综合征与性取向均无关联，但经济压力在 SM 男性和女性中更为普遍。此外，SM 女性还存在其他代谢综合征的风险因素（吸烟、狂饮和受教育程度较低）。
尽管代谢综合征与性取向无关，但女性中出现的新的性取向差异表明未来风险增加。
