Table 10.

Multivariate analysis (multiple logistic regression) comparing the frequency of Hansen disease, psoriasis, and nonmelanoma skin cancer by region in Brazil, gender, age group, city size, skin color, funding type, and consultation type

		LEPROSY		PSORIASIS		NONMELANOMA CA
		OR*	p	OR*	p	OR*	p
Region	N	2.07	0.02	0.78	0.37	1.62	0.07
	NE	4.52	0.00	0.83	0.70	1.30	0.95
	S	0.25	0.00	1.16	0.02	1.22	0.60
	MW	1.24	0.99	0.74	0.17	1.35	0.66
	SE	1		1		1
Funding type	Coverage / health insurance	0.01	0.00	0.31	0.00	0.32	0.00
	Private /out of pocket payment	0.03	0.03	0.42	0.03	0.42	0.01
	SUS	1		1		1
Gender	Female	0.44	0.00	0.69	0.00	0.50	0.00
	Male	1		1		1
Age group (years)	0-12	0.30	0.02	0.50	0.01	0.02	0.00
	13-24	0.78	0.95	0.72	0.37	0.02	0.00
	25-59	1.50	0.00	1.24	0.00	0.19	0.00
	>60	1		1		1
City	<100,000 inhabitants	0.74	0.53	0.57	0.24	1.62	0.01
	100-300,000 inhabitants	1.07	0.54	0.54	0.05	1.24	0.86
	>300,000 inhabitants	1		1		1
Skin color	White	0.53	0.01	0.85	0.15	3.94	0.00
	Non-white	1
Consultation type	First appointment	0.51	0.00	0.47	0.00	0.98	0.83
	Second appointment	1		1		1

^*OR: odds ratio