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Table 5 Frequency of gender and site of neural pain described on 124 forms submitted by 54 leprosy patients with neural pain

From: Clinical prediction rules for the diagnosis of neuritis in leprosy

Variable

Neuritis N (%)

Neuropathic pain N (%)

Total N (%)

p-Value1

Gender

 Male

14 (70.0)

61 (58.7)

75 (60.5)

0.34181

 Female

6 (30.0)

43 (41.3)

49 (39.5)

Limb

 Upper

14 (70.0)

38 (36.5)

52 (41.9)

0.00551

 Lower

6 (30.0)

66 (63.5)

72 (58.1)

  1. 1Pearson Chi-square test