Table 4.
Cross-quantitative distribution, associating the characteristics: operational classification, clinical forms and bacilloscopy with degree of physical disability of leprosy, from 2000 to 2019, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
| Characteristicsa | Degree of physical disability |
p -valued | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 0 or 1 (n = 3237) | Grade 2 (n = 622) | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Operational classification | <0.001 | ||
| Paucibacillary | 779 (24.0) | 33 (5.3) | |
| Multibacillary | 2458 (76.0) | 589 (94.7) | |
| Clinical formb | <0.001 | ||
| Indeterminate | 348 (12.0) | 11 (1.9) | |
| Tuberculoid | 467 (16.1) | 43 (7.4) | |
| Borderline | 1097 (38.0) | 221 (38.2) | |
| Lepromatous | 979 (33.9) | 303 (52.4) | |
| Bacilloscopyc | <0.001 | ||
| Negative | 528 (51.7) | 103 (38.6) | |
| Positive | 494 (48.3) | 164 (61.4) | |
a
Total data may vary depending on the possibility of missing data and non-response.
b
Clinical form: no visible physical disabilities n = 2891; with visible physical disabilities n = 578.
c
Bacilloscopy: no visible physical disabilities n = 1022; with visible physical disabilities n = 267.
d
Chi-Square Test.