Table 1. Main baseline characteristics of multibacillary leprosy patients stratified according to U-MDT and R-MDT Groups.
| CHARACTERISTIC | U-MDT (n = 323) |
R-MDT (n = 290) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEAN AGE (years) a AGE GROUPS (years) b |
39.63 | 40.76 | ||
| 0–9 | 5 | 1.55% | 6 | 2.07% |
| 10–19 | 24 | 7.43% | 26 | 8.97% |
| 40–49 | 68 | 21.05% | 68 | 23.45% |
| 30–39 | 59 | 18.27% | 51 | 17.59% |
| 20–29 | 61 | 18.89% | 51 | 17.59% |
| 50–59 | 72 | 22.29% | 65 | 2241% |
| = > 60 | 34 | 10.53% | 23 | 7·93% |
| GENDER b | ||||
| MALE | 217 | 67.18% | 193 | 66.55% |
| FEMALE | 106 | 32.82% | 97 | 33.45% |
| BIb (mean) | 2·49 | 2·46 | ||
| BI GROUP | ||||
| BI<4 | 169 | 52·32% | 145 | 50·00% |
| BI> = 4 | 154 | 47.68% | 145 | 50.00% |
| Ridley Jopling Classificationb | ||||
| I | 3 | 0.93% | 2 | 0.69% |
| LL | 71 | 21.98% | 59 | 20.42% |
| BT | 93 | 28.79% | 77 | 26.64% |
| BB | 71 | 21.98% | 71 | 24.22% |
| BL | 85 | 26.32% | 81 | 28.03% |
U-MDT: uniform 6 months MDT regimen; R-DMT: regular 12 months MDT; BI: bacilloscopic index; I: indeterminate leprosy; LL: lepromatous leprosy; BT: borderline tuberculoid leprosy; BB: borderline borderline leprosy; BL: borderline lepromatous leprosy
a t test, p >0·05
b χ2 test, p>0·05.