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Table 4 Relative risk estimates for the association between IPV and health outcomes

From: Interpersonal violence: an important risk factor for disease and injury in South Africa

Condition

IPV in last 12 months

RR (95% CI)

IPV more than 12 months ago

RR (95% CI)

Tobacco smoking

2.98 (2.09-4.25)

2.79 (2.33-3.34)

Alcohol abuse

1.82 (1.04-3.18)

1.47 (1.03-2.10)

Illicit drug use

2.27 (1.63-3.17)

1.23 (1.02-1.48)

Depression

3.05 (2.18-4.28)

1.96 (1.59-2.42)

Anxiety disorders

2.59 (1.59-4.20)

1.83 (1.36-2.47)

Eating disordersa

1.87 (1.39-2.51)

1.22 (1.04-1.43)

Sexually transmitted infections

2.24 (1.40-3.58)

1.54 (1.15-2.08)

Abnormal Pap smear*

1.43 (1.03-2.00)

1.46 (1.22-1.75)

Deliberate self-harm

7.05 (4.55-10.93)

2.53 (1.81-3.56)

HIV/AIDSb

1.51 (1.04-2.21)

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  1. Source: Adapted from Vos et al. [11]
  2. *Used as a proxy for cervical cancer [11]
  3. a Not applied in this study due to lack of burden estimates
  4. b Estimate from Jewkes et al. [18] adjusted for herpes simplex virus type 2 infection at baseline (an important STI), age, treatment, stratum, and person years of exposure.