TABLE 1.

Clinical characteristics of lepromatous and tuberculoid leprosy patients^a

Variable	No. of patients		P valueb
	LL	TT
Sex
Male	10	5	0.0894
Female	2	7
Bacilloscopy result
Positive	12	0	<0.0001
Negative	0	12
Number of lesions
≤6	1	11	0.0001
>6	11	1

^aRidley-Jopling classification. LL, lepromatous leprosy; TT, tuberculoid leprosy.

^bFisher exact test.