Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Hypertension Outcomes among Young Women in South Africa

Table 2

Unadjusted logistic regression of the odds of hypertension by characteristics of the respondents.

Respondent characteristics	Odds ratio	value	Confidence interval
IPV
Physical violence
No	RC
Yes	4.07	0.043	1.04726–15.82438
Emotional violence
No	RC
Yes	1.11	0.608	0.73334–1.69947
Sexual violence
No	RC
Yes	2.56	0.017	1.18198–5.55834
Physical, sexual, and emotional violence
No	RC
Yes	1.11	0.608	0.73334–1.69947
Demographic
Age
15–19	RC
20–24	1.66	0.159	0.81858–3.39567
25–29	2.86	0.003	1.43921–5.69562
30–34	2.64	0.006	1.32358–5.28812
Race
Black	RC
White/Indian	0.42	0.250	0.09974–1.82041
Coloured	1.58	0.152	0.84344–2.99638
Place of residence
Urban	RC
Rural	1.14	0.447	0.80288–1.64594
Children ever born
No	RC
Yes	2.55	0.000	1.64351–3.98327
Socioeconomic status
Marital status
Never married	RC
Married	1.24	0.225	0.87388–1.77345
Separated	0.34	0.101	0.09474–1.23430
Highest level of education obtained
No education	RC
Primary	0.45	0.402	0.06941–2.91762
Secondary	0.79	0.791	0.13888–4.4971
Higher	0.60	0.586	0.09758–3.72841
Wealth status
Poor	RC
Middle	0.93	0.759	0.62147–1.41480
Rich	0.71	0.098	0.48317–1.06355
Employment status
Unemployed	RC
Employed	1.30	0.147	0.91184–1.85675
Social grant status
No	RC
Yes	3.33	0.000	2.30984–4.82248
HIV status
Negative	RC
Positive	0.76	0.236	0.49295–1.19032

Significant ().