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. 2012 Mar 1;86(3):426–433. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0378

Table 2.

Relationship between area of largest cutaneous lesion and characteristics of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients

Largest lesion size (mm3) P value*
< 126 mm2 Percent 127–300 mm2 Percent 301–600 mm2 Percent > 601 mm2 Percent
Age (years)
 0–13 95 34.5 87 31.2 71 25.0 51 20.0 0.002
 14–22 64 23.3 73 26.2 75 26.4 73 28.6
 23–37 60 21.8 54 19.4 73 25.7 70 27.5
 38–95 56 20.4 65 23.3 65 22.9 61 23.9
Sex
 Female 103 37.5 81 29.0 106 37.3 95 37.3 0.098
 Male 172 62.5 198 71.0 178 62.7 160 62.7
Duration of illness (days)
 0–30 171 63.6 159 58.0 141 50.7 110 43.5
 31–60 66 24.5 72 26.3 85 30.6 74 29.2 < 0.0001
 > 60 32 11.9 43 15.7 52 18.7 69 27.3
*

χ2 test.