Table 6.

Distribution seropositive household contacts of leprosy patients according to the electroneuromyographic pattern, and comparisons of proportions.

Parameters	Abnormal ENMG n = 85	Normal ENMG n = 276	p-value
ELISA anti-PGL-1 index	2.41 ± 1.20	2.28 ± 0.98	0.52
Neural thickening	22 (25.9%)	41 (14.9%)	0.0192
Slit skin smear qPCR	40 (47.0%)	88 (31.9%)	0.0106
Skin biopsy qPCR	32 (37.6%)	61 (22.1%)	0.0042