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Table 3 Comparison of the median of time interval for leprosy recurrence in each category of time interval by therapeutic scheme

From: Underlying mechanisms of leprosy recurrence in the Western Amazon: a retrospective cohort study

Time interval categories

ROM

DDS

MDT 0–9

MDT 10–19

MDT 20–29

MDT 30+

KW test (p)

≥ 15 years

19.06

19.24

17.81

16.12

17.58

4.15 (0.38)

≥ 5 < 15 years

8.8

11.7

7.2

8.4

10.5

12.5

14.01 (0.016)a

<  5 years

2.42

1.65

3.3

3.3

2.8

9.55 (0.049)a

  1. aResults of the Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test. Statistically significant results (p <  0.05) showed differences of the medians among groups of therapeutic scheme