Table 1.
Prevalence of grade 2 disability at detection in multibacillary leprosy patients by demographic and clinical status, Agra district (Uttar Pradesh) India during 2001–6
| Characteristics | MDT arm (267) |
|
| Cases | % Grade 2 disability | |
| Age, years | ||
| ≤14 | 17 | 5.9 |
| 15–24 | 25 | 4.0 |
| 25–34 | 40 | 5.0 |
| 35–54 | 108 | 13.9 |
| >54 | 77 | 10.4 |
| Total | 267 | 10.1 |
| Mean (SEM) | 43.4 (1.1) | |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 163 | 14.1 |
| Female | 104 | 3.9 |
| Delay in detection, months | ||
| ≤12 | 67 | 6.0 |
| 13–36 | 103 | 8.7 |
| >36 | 97 | 14.4 |
| Patches | ||
| 0 | 12 | 50.0 |
| 1–5 | 16 | 25.0 |
| 6–10 | 84 | 3.6 |
| >10 | 155 | 9.0 |
| Nerves | ||
| 0–2 | 99 | 4.0 |
| 3–5 | 101 | 11.9 |
| >5 | 67 | 16.4 |
| Clinical status | ||
| BT/BTR | 131 | 3.8 |
| BB/BBR | 74 | 5.4 |
| BL/LL | 51 | 25.5 |
| N | 11 | 45.5 |
| Treatment status | ||
| Defaulters | 92 | 8.7 |
| Completed | 175 | 10.9 |
| Smear | ||
| Positive | 27 | 7.4 |
| Negative | 138 | 6.5 |
| Not done | 102 | 15.7 |
BB, borderline borderline; BL, borderline lepromatous; BT, borderline tuberculoid; LL, lepromatous; MDT, multidrug therapy; R, reaction at diagnosis.