TABLE 1.

Distribution of patients according to gender, age, operational and clinical classification*

General characteristics	Evaluated groups					p-value
	Group I (HIV-leprosy)			Group II (leprosy)
	N	%		N	%
Gender
Male	27	67.5		72	67.3	Chi-square
Female	13	32.5		35	32.7	p = 0.8623
Total	40	100		107	100
Age Range (years)
≤ 15	1	2.5		12	11.2	G test
16 to 30	10	25.0		31	29.0	p = 0.0872
31 to 59	28	70.0		55	51.4
≥ 60	1	2.5		9	8.4
Total	40	100		107	100
Age (years)
Mean ± Standard deviation	37.8±10.4	36.2±16.5				T test
						p = 0.4897
Operational classification
Paucibacillary	28	70		21	19.6	Relative risk = 3.0
Multibacillary	12	30		86	80.4	p < 0.0001
Total	40	100		107	100	95%CI = 2.0 - 4.6
Clinical Classification
Pure neural	0	0.0		3	2.8	G test
Indeterminate	3	7.5		4	3.7	p < 0.0001
TT	7	17.5		14	13.1
BT	18	45.0		11	10.3
BB	10	25.0		43	40.2
BL	2	5.0		21	19.6
LL	0	0.0		11	10.3
Total	40	100		107	100