Table 1. Baseline characteristics of study population (Phase III).

	N = 109	N = 90	N = 199
PLACE OF INCLUSION	Ghana	Benin	Total
AGE AT TIME OF INCLUSION (MEAN(SD))	11.0 (2.4)	9.9 (2.4)	10.5 (0.17)
MALE N (%)	63 (58)	50 (40)	113 (57)
CATEGORY LESION N (%)* I                              II                              III	65 (59.6) 24 (22.0) 20 (18.4)	25 (35.7) 32 (45.7) 13 (18.6)	90 (50.3) 56 (31.3) 33 (18.4)
JOINT INVOLVEMENT YES (%)	26 (24)	20 (22)	46 (23)
IN SCHOOL AFTER TREATMENT YES** (%)	94 (86.2)	48 (53.3)	142(71.4)
SCHOOL DROP-OUT DUE TO BU YES (%)	2 (2)	12 (13)	22 (11.1)
PP-SCALE SCORE MEDIAN(IQR) [RANGE] (%-PP-SCALE SCORE ZERO)	0 (0;2) [0–50] (70%)	6 (2;14) [0–59] (22%)	1 (0;9) [0–59] (48%)
BUFL SCORE (MEDIAN(IQR)	0 (0;7.9)	0 (0;10.5)	0(0;3)
CDLQI SCORE (MEDIAN(IQR)	3 (0.5;7)	8 (5;10)	6(2;9)

*Category of lesion missing for 20 patients in Benin and for 8 patients in Ghana

** Information on school attendance was missing for 4 patients in Benin. Abbreviations: BU = Buruli Ulcer; IQR = Inter Quartile Range; PP = Paediatric Participation; BUFL = Buruli Ulcer Functional Limitations; CDLQI = Children’s Dermatology Life Quality Index