Table 1. Distribution of patients according to sex, age, and operational and clinical classification.
| General characteristics | Studied groups | Statistical test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV and Leprosy | 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 group (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 group (years) | t-Test | ||||
| Average ± Standard deviation | 37.8 ± 10.4 | 36.2 ± 16.5 | 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 | IC95% = 2.0–4.6 |
| Clinical Form | |||||
| Pure Neural | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2.8 | |
| Indeterminate | 3 | 7.5 | 4 | 3.7 | G Test |
| Tuberculoid tuberculoid | 7 | 17.5 | 14 | 13.1 | p < 0.0001 |
| Borderline tuberculoid | 18 | 45.0 | 11 | 10.3 | |
| Borderline borderline | 10 | 25.0 | 43 | 40.2 | |
| Borderline lepromatous | 2 | 5.0 | 21 | 19.6 | |
| Lepromatous lepromatous | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 10.3 | |
| Total | 40 | 100 | 107 | 100 | |
Source: Research Protocol, 2012.