Table 1. Baseline characteristics of leprosy subjects.
| Characteristics, n (%) | All leprosy1 | Brahmin2 | Chhetri | Tamang | Newar | P 3 |
| 933 (100.0) | 239 (25.6) | 208 (22.3) | 134 (14.3) | 68 (7.3) | ||
| Gender | ||||||
| female | 280 (30.0) | 73 (30.5) | 61 (29.3) | 44 (32.8) | 22 (32.4) | 0.92 |
| male | 649 (69.6) | 166 (69.5) | 146 (70.2) | 90 (67.2) | 46 (67.6) | |
| Age (mean+/−SD) | 44.2±16.4 | 45.5±15.4 | 43.6±16.7 | 44.1±16.7 | 51.4±17.1 | |
| Leprosy type2 | ||||||
| Lepromatous (LL, BL) | 551 (59.1) | 126 (52.7) | 122 (58.7) | 89 (66.4) | 38 (55.9) | 0.26 |
| Borderline (BB) | 30 (3.2) | 11 (4.6) | 5 (2.4) | 6 (4.5) | 2 (2.9) | |
| Tuberculoid (TT, BT) | 343 (36.8) | 96 (40.2) | 80(38.5) | 39 (29.1) | 27 (39.7) | |
| Immune Reactions | ||||||
| No RR | 695 (74.5) | 185 (77.4) | 149 (71.6) | 89 (66.4) | 54 (79.4) | 0.07 |
| RR | 238 (25.5) | 54 (22.6) | 59 (28.4) | 45 (33.6) | 14 (20.6) | |
| No ENL | 442 (80.4) | 104 (83.2) | 106 (86.9) | 73 (82.0) | 34 (89.5) | 0.61 |
| ENL | 108 (19.6) | 21 (16.8) | 16 (13.1) | 16 (18.0) | 4 (10.5) | |
1
Percentages of individuals in some categories do not sum to 100 due to missing data. Not shown among all leprosy are 8 subjects with peripheral neuropathy (PN), and one with leprosy of indeterminate type (IN).
2
The four most frequent ethnic groups (from > 8 ethnic groups) are tabulated.
3
P represents exact P values for overall distribution of gender and age groups within the different ethnic groups and for the overall distribution of leprosy type and immune reactions among the 4 different ethnic groups.