Associations of childhood maltreatment with hypertension in South African women: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the associations of childhood maltreatment (CM) with hypertension, and the mediating effects of hypertension risk factors on the associations in South African women, using baseline data of the Rape Impact Cohort Evaluation longitudinal study.

Design

Cross-sectional SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Self-reported data on CM exposure and its severity in 18-40-year-old women living in KwaZulu-Natal province were assessed. Logistic regression models, adjusted for traditional hypertension risk factors, rape exposure, HIV-infection, other traumatic exposures, depression scores and acute stress reactions (ASR) scores were used to examine the CM-hypertension associations.

Results

Among 1797 women, 220 (12.2%) had hypertension; CM prevalence was higher in women w

SUBMITTER: Nguyen KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486236 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature