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. 2011 Dec;52(6):728–734. doi: 10.3325/cmj.2011.52.728

Table 3.

Logistic regression model of the associations between exposure to psychological and physical violence and patients` characteristics


No. (%) of patients who did not experience violence
(n = 1703)
Patients who experienced violence


psychological (n = 205)
physical (n = 167)
No. (%) odds ratio (95% confidence interval) P No. (%) odds ratio (95% confidence interval) P
Age (years):







up to 35
369 (21.7)
51 (24.9)
1.00 (reference)

47 (28.1)
1.00 (reference)

36-49
503 (29.5)
63 (30.7)
0.72 (0.46-1.12)
0.139
56 (33.5)
0.88 (0.54-1.41)
0.585
50-64
480 (28.2)
56 (27.3)
0.68 (0.42-1.08)
0.101
41 (24.6)
0.66 (0.39-1.10)
0.112
65 and above
351 (20.6)
35 (17.1)
0.56 (0.33-0.96)
0.035
23 (13.8)
0.43 (0.23-0.79)
0.007
Sex:







male
710 (41.7)
36 (17.6)
1.00 (reference)

22 (13.2)
1.00 (reference)

female
993 (58.3)
169 (82.4)
3.27 (2.24-4.76)
<0.001
145 (86.8)
4.52 (2.83-7.20)
<0.001
Intimate partnership status:







living in intimate partnership
1243 (73.0)
156 (76.1)
1.00 (reference)

113 (67.7)
1.00 (reference)

intimate partnership ended
237 (13.9)
36 (17.6)
1.04 (0.67-1.62)
0.860
38 (22.8)
1.54 (0.98-2.42)
0.064
single
223 (13.1)
13 (6.3)
0.43 (0.21-0.86)
0.016
16 (9.6)
0.54 (0.28-1.06)
0.072
Divorce:







never divorced
1560 (91.6)
170 (82.9)
1.00 (reference)

132 (79.0)
1.00 (reference)

formally divorced
143 (8.4)
35 (17.1)
2.08 (1.35-3.21)
0.001
35 (21.0)
2.72 (1.73-4.29)
<0.001
Number of children:







none
362 (21.3)
35 (17.1)
1.00 (reference)

41 (24.6)
1.00 (reference)

one
402 (23.6)
55 (26.8)
1.07 (0.63-1.84)
0.798
41 (24.6)
0.65 (0.38-1.14)
0.134
two
629 (36.9)
82 (40.0)
1.07 (0.62-1.83)
0.810
49 (29.3)
0.51 (0.29-0.90)
0.020
three or more
310 (18.2)
33 (16.1)
0.92 (0.49-1.69)
0.778
36 (21.6)
0.80 (0.44-1.47)
0.470
Residency:







rural
574 (33.7)
63 (30.7)
1.00 (reference)

57 (34.1)
1.00 (reference)

suburban
314 (18.4)
33 (16.1)
0.89 (0.56-1.40)
0.617
41 (24.6)
1.19 (0.76-1.86)
0.446
urban 815 (47.9) 109 (53.2) 1.11 (0.79-1.57) 0.537 69 (41.3) 0.76 (0.51-1.12) 0.158