Table 1.
Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of 282 study participants.
| Variable | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Male Sex | 162 (57,45) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 143 (50,71) |
| Common-law marriage | 38 (13,48) |
| Marriage | 69 (24,47) |
| Divorced | 19 (6,74) |
| Widowed | 13 (4,61) |
| Urban residents | 229 (81,21) |
| Primary complaint | |
| First time consult | 229 (81,21) |
| Relapse | 53 (18,79) |
| Positive Bacilloscopy | 174 (61.7) |
| Bacillary Index | |
| Negative | 107 (37.94) |
| Paucibacillary | 6 (2.13) |
| Multibacillary | 169 (59.93) |
| (+) Pathology Report | 281 (99.65) |
| Leprosy type | |
| Tuberculoid | 20 (7.09) |
| Borderline tuberculoid | 54 (19.15) |
| Borderline | 36 (12.77) |
| Borderline lepromatous | 47 (16.67) |
| Lepromatous | 112 (39.72) |
| Pure neuritic | 2 (0.71) |
| Indeterminate | 11 (3.9) |
| Lepromatous Reaction | |
| Type I | 62 (21,99) |
| Type II | 26 (9,22) |
| Both | 1 (0,35) |
| None | 193 (68,44) |
| Prior Treatment | |
| Multibacillary | 35 (12,41) |
| Paucibacillary | 9 (3,19) |
| Other | 9 (3,19) |
| No treatment | 229 (81,21) |
| Age at diagnosis, Median (IQR) | 54(26) |
| Time since first skin lesion (years) | 1(2) |