Leprosy Reaction in Thai Population: A 20-Year Retrospective Study

Table 3

Univariate analysis.

Variables	Reaction			Odds ratio	95% CI	value
	Yes	No
Age range
0–35	34	24	58	1.21	0.56–2.58	0.62
>35	27	23	50
Gender
Female	37	20	57	2.08	0.96–4.51	0.06
Male	24	27	51
Residence
Bangkok	31	28	59	0.7	0.32–1.51	0.36
Other areas	30	19	49
History of leprosy contact
Yes	6	1	7	5.02	0.58–43.21	0.10
No	55	46	101
Clinical form of leprosy
Tuberculoid (TT and BT)	29	25	54
Lepromatous (BL and LL)	32	16	48	1.72	0.77–3.85	0.20
I and BB	0	6	6
BI status at diagnosis
Negative	28	21	49
Positive	33	26	59	2.65	1.24–5.65	0.01
Treatment regimen
PB	22	28	50
MB	39	19	58	2.61	1.19–5.71	0.01

Including multivariate analysis.