Table 1.

Study group demographics.

Group	n	m/f	Mean age (range)	Ridley-Jopling classification	Bacterial index (BI)
					Skin	Pathology
MB	20	13/7	39.5 (20–86)	1 LL; 18 BL; 1 BB	2.7 (0–4.5)1	3.4 (0–5+)2
PB	11	8/3	44.9 (27–79)	5 TT; 6 BT	0.1 (0–0.5)3	0.4 (0–3.5+)3
HHC	42	16/26	28.5 (4–82)	na	na
TB	11	8/3	39.5 (23–72)	na	na
EC	10	7/3	42.2 (35–48)	na	na

¹Not reported for 4 patients.

²Not reported for 3 patients.

³Not reported for 2 patients.

na, not applicable.