The relationship between sexual violence and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among women using voluntary counseling and testing services in South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia

Table 4 Association of different forms of sexual violence with HIV, crude and adjusted OR, after controlling for selected variables, June 2009, (n=647)

Sexual violence	Sample	HIV + %	Crude	Adjusted
			OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
By intimate partner
Life time
No	438	(17.6)	1.00	1.00
Yes	209	(29.7)	1.97 (1.34–2.90)	1.4 (0.90–2.10)
Last 12 months
No	579	(19.5)	1.00	1.00
Yes	68	(38.2)	2.55 (1.50–4.33)	2.4 (1.40–4.40)
By any perpetuator
No	412	(17.2)	1.00	1.00
Yes	235	(28.9)	1.95 (1.33–2.86)	1.4 (1.00 –2.10)

NB: The logistic regression model is adjusted for women marital status, number of partners, history of STI during last 12 month and chat chewing habit.
NB.
HIV Human Immune Virus.
CI Confidence Interval.
OR Odds Ratio.
*The bold face is used to show significant statistical association between different forms of sexual violence with HIV.

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