Table 1.
Characteristics of study population.
| Groups | N | Age, years (Mean ± SD) | Sex (%male) | BI (Mean ± SD) | LBI (Mean ± SD) | DG (%) | Education level (Mean ± SD) | Time to diagnosis (median) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | I | II | ||||||||
| Y HV | 10 | 29.3 ± 7.1 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | 16.1 ± 5.7 | – |
| E HV | 15 | 79.1 ± 6.3 | 46.7 | – | – | – | – | – | 10.4 ± 4.1 | – |
| Y PB | 12 | 29.3 ± 6.2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 | 16.7 | 0 | 10.1 ± 4.3 | 12 |
| E PB | 20 | 69.1 ± 7.5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 5 | 5 | 5.9 ± 4.4 | 10 |
| Y MB | 15 | 31.7 ± 3.2 | 60 | 4.5 ± 1.2 | 4.9 ± 1.1 | 53.3 | 33.3 | 13.4 | 7.9 ± 4.3 | 11.5 |
| E MB | 15 | 67.7 ± 6.7 | 73.3 | 4.1 ± 1.1 | 3.7 ± 1.4 | 33.3 | 46.7 | 20 | 3.5 ± 2.8 | 11.5 |
Y, Young; E, Elderly; HV, Healthy Volunteers; PB, Paucibacillary leprosy; MB, Multibacillary leprosy; BI, Bacillary Index; LBI, Lesion Bacillary Index; DG, Disability Degree.