Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of leprosy patients
A - Characteristics of the samplea | ||||
N individuals | Age, years ± SD | Gender M:F | ||
Cases / Reaction | 94 | 44.05 (13.31) | 58:36 | |
Controls / No Reaction | 57 | 45.21 (14.98) | 28:29 | |
B - Clinical characteristics of the cohorta | ||||
Clinical phenotype | n | (%) | ||
Tuberculoid (TT) | 20 | (13) | ||
Borderline tuberculoid (BT) | 30 | (20) | ||
Borderline (BB) | 18 | (12) | ||
Borderline lepromatous (BL) | 17 | (11) | ||
Lepromatous (LL) | 49 | (32) | ||
Indeterminate leprosy (I) | 11 | (7) | ||
Other forms (Neural) | 6 | (4) | ||
Total# | 151 | (100) | ||
C - Patients with reaction episodea | ||||
RR | 50 | (53) | ||
ENL | 44 | (47) | ||
Total# | 94 | (62) | ||
D - Patients without reaction episodea | ||||
PB | 47 | (82) | ||
MB | 10 | (18) | ||
Total# | 57 | (38) | ||