Table 1.
Comparison between operational classifications groups (Chi-square test).
| Variable | Category | Operational classification |
Total |
p-Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MB |
PB |
n | % | |||||
| n | % | n | % | |||||
| Gender | Female | 37 | 43.5 | 10 | 38.5 | 47 | 42.3 | 0.6472 |
| Male | 48 | 56.5 | 16 | 61.5 | 64 | 57.7 | ||
| Clinical form | Boderline | 35 | 41.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 31.5 | <0.0001 |
| Indeterminate | 4 | 4.7 | 9 | 34.6 | 13 | 11.7 | ||
| Pure neural | 3 | 3.5 | 1 | 3.8 | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| Tuberculoid | 3 | 3.5 | 16 | 61.5 | 19 | 17.1 | ||
| Lepromatous | 40 | 47.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 36.0 | ||
| Neural symptoms | No | 7 | 8.8 | 12 | 46.2 | 19 | 17.9 | <0.0001 |
| Yes | 73 | 91.3 | 14 | 53.8 | 87 | 82.1 | ||
| Physical disability | No | 20 | 37.0 | 11 | 73.3 | 31 | 44.9 | 0.0124 |
| Yes | 34 | 63.0 | 4 | 26.7 | 38 | 55.1 | ||