Table 1. Demographic and epidemiologic features of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis and household contacts with and without evidence of immune response to leishmania antigen.
| Variables | Index Cases (N = 76) | Household Contacts with Evidence of Immune Response (N = 54) | Household Contacts without Evidence of Immune Response (N = 254) | Overall P-value |
| Age (years) | 22.7+/−15.0a | 23.1+/−15.5b | 16.8+/−11.7a , b | 0.001* |
| Gender (% male) | 41 (54.0) | 28 (51.8) | 123 (48.4) | 0.67 ** |
| Occupation, N (%) | ||||
| - Agriculture | 17 (22.4) | 10 (18.5) | 52 (20.5) | 0.058 ** |
| - Domestic | 27 (35.5) | 19 (35.2) | 56 (22.0) | |
| - Student/Other | 32 (42.1) | 25 (46.3) | 146 (57.5) | |
| Years in Endemic Area | 21.7+/−14.8c | 22.7+/−15.0d | 16.4+/−11.4c , d | 0.002* |
| Years in same house | 12.7+/−11.4e | 14.6+/−14.3f | 9.1+/−6.9e , f | 0.001* |
| Arriving home, N (%) *** | 63 (82.9) | 45 (83.3) | 208 (81.9) | 0.96 ** |
Values with identical superscripts are significantly different. Statistical tests and p-values are below.
P-values for pair-wise Bonferroni post-hoc tests:
a
= 0.002,
b
= 0.004,
c
= 0.005,
d
= 0.003,
e
= 0.009,
f
<0.001.
*
one-way ANOVA test.
**
Pearson's chi-square test.
***
before 4:00 pm.