Table 3.
Number of nerves (%) according to lesion patterns on nerve conduction study in leprosy groups.
| Lesion patterns on NCS result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Axonal | Demyelination | Mixed | No conduction | Total altered |
| At diagnosis | |||||
| PB | 5 (50) | 1 (10) | 0 (0) | 4 (40) | 10 (100) |
| MB | 15 (21) | 22 (31) | 5 (7) | 29 (41) | 71 (100) |
| *P | 0.314 | 0.003 | 0.203 | 0.006 | <0.001 |
| Follow-up | |||||
| PB | 1 (9) | 6 (55) | 0 (0) | 4 (36) | 11 (100) |
| MB | 19 (40) | 10 (21) | 7 (14) | 12 (25) | 48 (100) |
| *P | 0.011 | 0.418 | 0.203 | 0.254 | <0.001 |
NCS, nerve conduction study; PB, paucibacillary; MB, multibacillary.
*
P value of Mann–Whitney U test.