Table 3

Family practitioner visit in the past 3 months by sexual orientation among women (N=1 138 653): practice characteristics interactions

Proportion of practitioners aged under 50 yearsProportion practice practitioners femaleProportion practice practitioners UK qualified
Sexual orientation (base heterosexual)
Lesbian1.019(0.810 to 1.283)p=0.8701.081(0.838 to 1.395)p=0.5470.934(0.765 to 1.142)p=0.507
Bisexual1.002(0.762 to 1.317)p=0.9911.328(0.964 to 1.830)p=0.0821.223(0.966 to 1.550)p=0.094
Other0.749(0.577 to 0.972)p=0.0300.927(0.680 to 1.264)p=0.6340.750(0.599 to 0.941)p=0.013
Prefer not to say0.922(0.843 to 1.008)p=0.0750.970(0.873 to 1.077)p=0.5650.890(0.823 to 0.962)p=0.004
Not answered0.892(0.804 to 0.989)p=0.0291.045(0.928 to 1.176)p=0.4670.914(0.838 to 0.998)p=0.044
  • Logistic regression of family practitioner use in the past 3 months.

  • SEs are robust to heteroskedasticity and clustered at the practice level.

  • Estimates are OR relative to heterosexual interacted with respective practice characteristic.

  • 95% CIs in brackets.