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

The following exercise involves information from the July 2004 AJPH artide "Asian/Pacific Islander Adolescent Sexual Orientation and Suicide Risk In Guam" . The authors used survey results based on information collected from 1,301 adolescents in Guam. The following table shows the unadjusted and adjusted associations between suicide attempts O O (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 *Adjusted for ethnicity, relationship abuse, alcohol abuse and markers of depression - By presenting the above associations separately by sex, what phenomenon are the researchers investigating with regards to sex? (confounding, effect modification, neither) a. Confounding b. Effect Modification
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