Table 2.
Association between clinical variables and forms of leprosy.
| Operational Classification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Paucibacillary N = 249 |
Multibacillary N = 656 |
p-value | Or | 95% CI |
| N (%) | N (%) | ||||
| Skin Lesions | |||||
| No lesions | 26 (10.4) | 55 (6.7) | 0.33 | 0.93 | (0.79-1.08) |
| < 5 lesions | 200 (80.3) | 268 (40.8) | <0.0001 | 0.64 | (0.59-0.70) |
| 5 to 15 lesions | 11 (9.3) | 203 (30.9) | <0.0001 | 1.44 | (1.35-1.54) |
| > 16 lesions | 0 (0.00) | 142 (21.6) | <0.0001 | 1.48 | (1.41-1.56) |
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| Affected Nerves | |||||
| No nerves | 194 (77.9) | 340 (51.8) | <0.0001 | 3.27 | (2.34 - 4.58) |
| Affected nerves | 55 (22.1) | 316 (48.2) | |||
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| Degree of Disability | |||||
| Degree 0 | 142 (57) | 294 (44.8) | 0.001 | 0.87 | (0.80- 0.94) |
| Degree I | 28 (11.2) | 165 (25.1) | <0.0001 | 1.24 | (1.14- 1.33) |
| Degree II | 14 (5.3) | 82 (12.7) | 0.003 | 1.20 | (1.09-1.32) |
| Not evaluated | 66 (26.5) | 114 (17.4) | 0.002 | 0.84 | (0.75-0.95) |