Question: 18. The following exercise involves information from the July 2004 AJPH article Asian/Pacific Islander Adolescent Sexual Orientation and Suicide Risk in Guam . The authors


18. The following exercise involves information from the July 2004 AJPH article "Asian/Pacific Islander Adolescent Sexual Orientation and Suicide Risk in Guam" . The authors used survey results based on information collected from 1,381 adolescents in Guam. The following table shows the unadjusted and adjusted associations between suicide attempts (at least one), and same-sex orientation, presented separately for male and female adolescents: Table: Relationship Between Attempted Suicide and Sexual Orientation, Presented Separately by Sex. Odds Ratio of Suicide Attempt Unadjusted Adjusted Males 5.01 (2.13, 11.78) 5.06 (1.65, 15.55) Females 2.65 (1.17, 6.00) 2.17 (0.84, 5.60) 1 Compares the odds of having had at least one suicide attempt for youth how identify as homosexual compared to youth who do not identify as homosexual 2 Adjusted for ethnicity, relationship abuse, alcohol abuse and markers of depression - For males, does it appear the association between suicide attempts and homosexual identity was confounded by at least some of the adjustment factors used to get the unadjusted estimate? a. Yes, because the unadjusted association is statistically significant, and the adjusted association is not statistically significant. b. Yes, because the unadjusted association is not statistically significant, and the adjusted association is statistically significant. c. No, because both the unadjusted and adjusted associations are very similar in value, and have overlapping confidence intervals
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