Table. Characteristics of the Included Studies.

Source	Country	Study Design	Population	Settings	Risk Factors Analyzed	Outcome	Sample Size	Total Disability
Zhanget et al,22 1993	China	Cross-sectional	Adults/children	Tertiary health center	Sex, WHO leprosy classification, clinical forms	Combined grades 1 and 2	14 257	8122
Tiendrebeogo et al,23 1996	Burkina Faso	Cross-sectional	Adults	Primary care	Sex, WHO leprosy classification	Combined grades 1 and 2	554	165
Çakiner et al,24 1997	Turkey	Cross-sectional	Adults	Hospital	Sex	Combined grades 1 and 2	711	546
Wittenhorst et al,25 1998	Zimbabwe	Surveillance	Adults/children	Information system	Sex, WHO leprosy classification	Grade 2	746	247
Croft et al,26 1999	Bangladesh	Cross-sectional	Adults/children	Tertiary health center	Sex, WHO leprosy classification	Combined grades 1 and 2	2664	415
Ahmad et al,27 2004	Pakistan	Cross-sectional	Adults	Hospital	Sex, WHO leprosy classification, clinical forms	Combined grades 1 and 2	100	41
Kar and Job,11 2005	India	Cross-sectional	Children	Tertiary health center	Sex, WHO leprosy classification, leprosy reaction	Grade 2	275	29
Rad et al,28 2007	Iran	Cross-sectional	Adults/children	Hospital	Sex, WHO leprosy classification	Combined grades 1 and 2	180	79
Silva-Sobrinho et al,29 2007	Brazil	Cross-sectional	Adults/children	Primary care	Sex	Combined grades 1 and 2	99	79
Lana et al,30 2008	Brazil	Surveillance	Adults/children	Information system	Sex, WHO leprosy classification	Combined grades 1 and 2	1461	672
Soomro et al,31 2008	Pakistan	Cross-sectional	Adults	Hospital	WHO leprosy classification	Separately grades 1 and 2	100	55
Ramos and Souto,32 2010	Brazil	Cross-sectional	Adults	Tertiary health center	Sex, WHO leprosy classification	Separately grades 1 and 2	193	51
El-Dawela et al,33 2012	Egypt	Cross-sectional	Adults/children	Hospital	WHO leprosy classification	Grade 2	587	204
Sarkar et al,34 2012	India	Cross-sectional	Adults	Hospital	WHO leprosy classification	Separately grades 1 and 2	244	244
Kumar et al,10 2012	India	Cohort	Adults/children	Tertiary health center	Sex, WHO leprosy classification, clinical forms	Grade 2	293	27
Nardi et al,35 2012	Brazil	Cross-sectional	Adults/children	Primary care	Sex, WHO leprosy classification, clinical forms	Separately grades 1 and 2	335	71
van Brakel et al,5 2012	Indonesia	Cross-sectional	Adults	Primary care	Sex, WHO leprosy classification	Separately grades 1 and 2	1308	1003
Monteiro et al,36 2013	Brazil	Cross-sectional	Adults/children	Primary care	WHO leprosy classification, leprosy reaction	Separately grades 1 and 2	282	44
Oliveira et al,37 2013	Brazil	Cross-sectional	Adults/children	Tertiary health center	Sex	Separately grades 1 and 2	494	142
Guerrero et al,38 2013	Colombia	Cross-sectional	Adults/children	Primary care	Sex, WHO leprosy classification	Combined grades 1 and 2	333	117
de Castro et al,39 2014	Brazil	Cross-sectional	Adults	Primary care	Sex, WHO leprosy classification	Combined grades 1 and 2	225	137
Silva et al,40 2015	Brazil	Cross-sectional	Adults/children	Primary care	Sex, WHO leprosy classification	Grade 2	1916	366
Monteiro et al,41 2015	Brazil	Surveillance	Adults/children	Information system	Sex, WHO leprosy classification, leprosy reaction, clinical forms	Grade 2	12 328	664
Santos et al,2 2015	Brazil	Surveillance	Adults/children	Information system	Sex, WHO leprosy classification, leprosy reaction, clinical forms	Combined grades 1 and 2	2358	656
Sethi and Rao,42 2015	India	Cross-sectional	Children	Hospital	WHO leprosy classification, clinical forms	Separately grades 1 and 2	94	32
Patel and Modi,43 2016	India	Cross-sectional	Adults	Tertiary health center	Sex, WHO leprosy classification, leprosy reaction	Separately grades 1 and 2	239	127
Onyeonoro et al,44 2016	India	Cross-sectional	Adults/children	Hospital	Sex, WHO leprosy classification	Separately grades 1 and 2	287	168
Queirós et al,45 2016	Brazil	Cross-sectional	Adults/children	Hospital	WHO leprosy classification	Separately grades 1 and 2	458	63
Anjum et al,46 2017	India	Cross-sectional	Adults/children	Tertiary health center	WHO leprosy classification	Combined grades 1 and 2	54	48
Rodrigues et al,13 2017	Brazil	Cross-sectional	Adults/children	Hospital	Sex, WHO leprosy classification	Combined grades 1 and 2	182	124
Darlong et al,47 2017	India	Cross-sectional	Children	Hospital	WHO leprosy classification	Grade 2	319	21
Haefner et al,12 2017	Brazil	Cross-sectional	Adults/children	Primary care	Sex	Separately grades 1 and 2	910	262

Abbreviation: WHO, World Health Organization.