Table 4.
Results of the effects of the factors “form of leprosy” and “nerve” to the variable strength, initial temperature, sensitivity and temperature difference, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, November 2012 to November 2013
| Variable | Factor | Factor levels | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strength | Ulnar nerve (n.s.) | Right | Left | |||
| 12.48 | 10.93 | |||||
| Leprosy form | Control | BB | BT | BL | L | |
| 15.0a | 10.0c | 9.33c | 10.83bc | 14.33ab | ||
| Median nerve(n.s.) | Right | Left | ||||
| 8.99 | 8.56 | |||||
| Leprosy form | Control | BB | DT | BL | L | |
| 10.00a | 8.22bc | 8.25bc | 7.67c | 10.00ab | ||
| Sensitivity | Nerve (n.s.) | Right | ||||
| Ulnar | Left | |||||
| ulnar | Right | |||||
| median | Left | |||||
| median | ||||||
| 9.85 | 7.82 | 10.71 | 7.71 | |||
| Initial temperature | Leprosy form | Control | BB | BT | BL | L |
| 13.92ª | 6.12b | 9.98b | 7.68b | 10.00b | ||
| Degree of disability(n.s.) | Zero | One | Two | |||
| 30.24 | 29.45 | 30.22 | ||||
| Leprosy form | Control | BB | BT | BL | L | |
| 33.17ª | 32.33ab | 31.33ab | 29.21b | 25.97c | ||
| Temperature difference | Nerve (n.s.) | Right | Left | Right | Left | |
| Ulnar | ulnar | median | median | |||
| -1.068 | -6.974 | -0.359 | 0.408 | |||
| Leprosy form | Control | BB | BT | BL | L | |
| -0.514ab | -0.389abc | 1.052a | 0.385abc | -1.249c | ||
* Means with distinct lowercase letters in line differ by Wald test, at 5% significance level.
(n.s.):
not significant.