Table 2. Evaluation of cutaneous sensation of the face in the different clinical forms of leprosy.
Healthy participants and leprosy groups | Abnormal | Normal | Total number of individuals | Higher sensory threshold | P1 | P2 | Fisher’s test | ||
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n | % | n | % | (n = 90) | p-value | ||||
Healthy | 0 | 0 | 19 | 100 | 19 | ||||
T | 1 | 7.7 | 12 | 92.3 | 13 | 0.2 g | Healthy | T | 0.4062 |
BT | 5 | 22.7 | 17 | 77.3 | 22 | 4.0 g | Healthy | BT | 0.0507 |
BB | 8 | 80 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10.0 g | Healthy | BB | <0.0001 |
BL | 6 | 50 | 6 | 50 | 12 | 2.0 g | Healthy | BL | <0.0013 |
LL | 12 | 85.7 | 2 | 14.3 | 14 | 300.0 g | Healthy | LL | <0.0001 |