Table 2.

Linear regression between M. leprae PCR and AFB values against the global gene expression.

Variable	Estimative	Standard deviation	P-value
CCL2
Intercept	0.622	1.112	0.5998
FAB	5.247	1.435	0.0147*
PCR	−4.445	1.284	0.0180*
R2	0.778
CDH1
Intercept	0.108	0.253	0.6818
BFAB	1.014	0.412	0.0493*
R2	0.502
GDNF
Intercept	3.119	0.503	0.000815***
PCR	−1.596	0.581	0.033469*
R2	0.557

Among all the genes evaluated, CCL2, CDH1, and GDNF presented a statistical significance with AFB and/or PCR.

^*p < 0.05,

^***p < 0.001.