Table 1.

Clinical and demographic profile of patients with leprosy and controls.

Group	n	Gender male/female (%)	Age mean ± s.d. (years)	Ethnic group Caucas/other (%)	Type 2 reaction yes/no (%)
Lepromatous	118	80/38(67·80/32·20)	53·97 ± 16·37	93/25(78·80/21·20)	39/79(33·00/67·00)
Dimorph	30	21/9(70·00/30·00)	50·17 ± 14·73	22/8(73·30/26·70)	–
Tuberculoid	31	10/21(32·30/67·70)	44·71 ± 14·24	23/8(74·20/25·80)	–
Indeterminate	12	1/11(8·30/91·70)	45·08 ± 12·59	10/2(83·30/16·70)	–
TDI	73	32/41(43·80/56·20)	47·01 ± 14·25	55/18(75·30/24·70)	–
Patients total	191	112/79(58·60/41·40)	51·31 ± 15·92	148/43(77·50/22·50)	39/152(20·40/79·60)
Controls	110	67/43(60·90/39·10)	47·82 ± 12·79	87/23(79·10/20·90)	–

TDI = tuberculoid/dimorph/indeterminate; caucas: caucasoids.