Table 1.
Comparison of key characteristics between the final study cohort of leprosy patients and potential study participants from Cáceres - MT, Brazil (index patients released from treatment in 2000 to 2017)
| Variables | Final study cohort n (%) |
Lost to follow-up n (%) |
χ2 | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 200 (59.3) | 137 (40.7) | 2.747 | 0.097 |
| Female | 185 (65.8) | 96 (34.2) | 1 | - |
| Age group (years) | ||||
| 6–15 | 18 (51.4) | 17 (48.6) | 0.396 | 0.528 |
| 16–29 | 76 (58.0) | 55 (42.0) | 0.487 | 0.484 |
| 30–59 | 234 (66.3) | 119 (33.7) | 3.088 | 0.078 |
| 60 + | 28 (28.3) | 71 (71.4) | 1 | - |
| Operational classification | ||||
| Paucibacillary | 252 (60.7) | 163 (39.3) | 1 | - |
| Multibacillary | 133 (65.5) | 70 (34.5) | 1.334 | 0.248 |
-: Not applicable.