Table 3 Characteristics of participants identified as lesbian/gay, bisexual and ‘other’ compared to heterosexuals

Symptoms of common mental disorder (%)

16.8

26.2

<0.001

34.0

<0.001

23.8

<0.001

Anxious or depressed (%)

23.0

29.2

0.09

39.1

<0.001

43.9

<0.001

Low wellbeing score (%)

26.2

29.7

0.05

36.7

<0.001

44.2

<0.001

Age (25/50/75 percentile)

33/44/60

27/40/47

<0.001

20/34/50

<0.001

38/52/66

<0.001

Male (%)

44.1

60.1

<0.001

41.5

0.13

40.3

0.04

Ethnic minority (%)

9.0

5.7

<0.001

11.7

0.01

19.2

<0.001

University degree (%)

25.6

38.9

<0.001

27.2

0.28

11.8

<0.001

Smoker (%)

36.2

42.4

<0.001

41.8

0.001

38.2

0.26

Longstanding illness (%)

35.2

35.7

0.71

39.9

0.005

44.1

<0.001

Married/cohabiting (%)

63.0

40.0

<0.001

45.2

<0.001

54.9

<0.001