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Association between gender-based violence and hypertension among women in the Kyrgyzstan Republic
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Background: Gender-based violence (GBV) is a significant global public health problem and the most prominent human rights violation severely impacting women’s health and wellbeing. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the association between gender-based violence and hypertension in Kyrgyzstan Republic.
Methods: This study was conducted using population-based data of women from the 2018 Kyrgyzstan Demographic and Health Survey. The odds ratio was calculated to measure the association between GBV and hypertension, and p-values < 0.005 was considered statistically significant.
Result: We included data of 4793 participants, and 621 (13%) of them had hypertension. Participants exposed to GBV were 24% more likely to have hypertension than unexposed participants (OR = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.03–1.48). Of all women with hypertension, 206 (33.0%) were exposed to GBV. Participants with secondary education or higher exposed to GBV were 24% more likely to be hypertensive than GBV unexposed women with the same education levels OR = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.04–1.49). Unemployed participants exposed to GBV were 45% more likely to develop hypertension than their unexposed counterparts (OR = 1.45, 95%CI: 1.15–1.81). Rural residents exposed to GBV were also 29% more likely to have hypertension than those unexposed to GBV (OR = 1.29, 95% CI: 1.04–1.59). The odds of hypertension among those exposed to GBV increase with age.
Conclusion: The study revealed that GBV is a significant factor of having hypertension among Kyrgyz women.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1186/s12872-022-02970-6
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- BioMed Central
- Journal:
- BMC Cardiovascular Disorders More from this journal
- Volume:
- 22
- Article number:
- 547
- Publication date:
- 2022-12-15
- Acceptance date:
- 2022-11-22
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1471-2261
- Pmid:
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36522737
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English
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1330482
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pubs:1330482
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2023-09-07
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