Table 5.

Comparison of characteristics of patients with samples exclusive genotypes and grouped genotypes by the Mann-Whitney test.

	Samples	N	Mean	sd	Median	p
Age	Exclusive Genotype	12	25.500	8.163	23.5	0.0110
	Grouped genotypes	12	44.583	18.807	48.0
Time (months) between symptoms and diagnosis	Exclusive Genotype	12	22.625	17.391	24.8	0.7728
	Grouped genotypes	12	20.304	17.505	13.1
Bacilloscopic index	Exclusive Genotype	9	4.239	0.302	4.0	0.9670
	Grouped genotypes	10	4.100	1.312	4.3

sd, Standard Deviation.