Table 1. Characteristics of the studied population of leprosy patients and controls (healthy household contacts and healthy subjects) according to clinical forms, age, and gender.
| MB leprosy N = 264 |
Lepromatous N = 143 |
Borderline N = 121 |
Contacts N = 238 |
Healthy subjects N = 280 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Mean | 54.3 | 53.4 | 55.6 | 60.3 | 35.8 |
| SD | ±14.6 | ±14.3 | ±14.9 | ±17.4 | ±10.6 | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Gender | Male | 158 (59.8) | 106 (74.1) | 52 (42.9) | 122 (51.3) | 126 (45.0) |
| Female | 106 (40.2) | 37 (25.9) | 69 (57.1) | 116 (48.7) | 154 (55.0) |
MB: multibacillary leprosy (lepromatous leprosy + borderline leprosy); N: number of individuals; SD: Standard Deviation; Contacts: healthy household contacts.