Table 1.

Profile of leprosy patients and controls.

		Leprosy per se	PB	MB	Controls
		N = 404	N = 86	N = 310	N = 432
Variables		n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Age	≥40	343 (84.90)	74 (85.05)	263 (84.84)	373 (86.34)
	<40	61 (15.10)	12 (13.95)	47 (15.16)	59 (13.66)
Gender*	Male	230 (56.93)	34 (39.53)	190 (61.29)	201 (46.53)
	Female	174 (43.07)	52 (60.47)	120 (38.71)	231 (53.47)

^*Statistically significant difference between leprosy per se patients and controls (P = 0.003, OR = 1.52, 95% CI = 1.15–2.02); PB, Paucibacillary; MB, Multibacillary; N, population size; n, number of individuals; %, percentage.