Kinship and Leprosy in the Contacts of Leprosy Patients: Cohort at the Souza Araújo Outpatient Clinic, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 1987–2010

Table 1

Frequency distribution and bivariate analysis of the prevalence and incidence cases of a cohort of contacts at the Souza Araújo Outpatient Clinic, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 1987–2010.

Variables	Coprevalence			Incidence
	Cases (%)	𝑁	Crude OR; (95% CI)	Cases (%)	𝑁	Crude RR; (95% CI)
Sex
Female	193 (4.7)	4040	1	101 (2.6)	3948	1
Male	150 (5.2)	2972	1.06 (0.85–1.32)	61 (2.0)	2883	0.81 (0.60–1.10)
Age
0 to 14 years	88 (3.8)	2289	0.70 (0.53–0.93)	56 (2.5)	2257	1.04 (0.75–1.44)
≥15 years	255 (5.4)	4723	1	106 (2.3)	4574	1
Skin Color
White	148 (3.8)	3926	1	77 (2.2)	3855	1
Brown/Black	155 (5.4)	2861	1.46 (1.14–1.88)	83 (3.0)	2789	1.70 (1.19–2.42)
Educational level
>10 years	35 (2.5)	1378	1	23 (2.0)	1366	1
4 to 10 years	42 (3.5)	1186	1.41 (0.90–2.21)	28 (2.0)	1172	1.21 (0.66–2.21)
<4 years	263 (5.9)	4443	2.41 (1.65–3.53)	111 (3.0)	4291	1.27 (0.77–2.07)
Kinship
Social bonds	24 (2.6)	941	1	5 (0.5)	922	1
Spouse, boy/girlfr, br/gr	39 (4.4)	878	1.78 (1.10–2.88)	28 (3.2)	867	5.9 (2.29–15.44)
Parents	43 (8.1)	530	3.37 (2.04–5.57)	24 (4.7)	511	8.79 (3.29–23.47)
Sibling	73 (8.0)	916	3.31 (2.07–5.30)	29 (3.3)	872	5.64 (2.21–14.38)
Child	94 (5.0)	1890	2.00 (1.26–3.17)	45 (2.0)	1841	4.40 (1.17–11.14)
Other consanguineous relatives	68 (3.7)	1853	1.46 (0.89–2.37)	31 (2.0)	1816	3.20 (1.26–8.12)
Type of association
Nonhousehold	116 (3.9)	3003	1	49 (2.0)	2936	1
Household	227 (5.7)	4009	1.49 (1.17–1.90)	113 (3.0)	3895	1.70 (1.19–2.42)
Time of association
0–5 years	46 (2.7)	1686	1	33 (2.0)	1673	1
>5 years	297 (5.6)	5326	2.11 (1.51–2.93)	129 (3.0)	5158	1.24 (0.84–1.84)
BCG scar
No	212 (8.9)	2385	1	79 (4.0)	2252	1
Yes	131 (2.8)	4627	0.30 (0.24–0.38)	83 (2.0)	4579	0.60 (0.44–0.83)
BCG vaccine
No				82 (3.0)	2532	1
Yes				79 (2.0)	4269	0.83 (0.58–1.19)
Index case form
Paucibacillary	43 (2.1)	2085	1	14 (1.0)	2056	1
Multibacillary	300 (6.1)	4883	3.11 (2.16–4.46)	148 (3.0)	4731	4.18 (2.40–7.27)
Index case BI
BI = 0	47 (2.1)	2232	1	16 (1.0)	2201	1
0 < BI < 3	93 (3.4)	2001	2.27 (1.51–3.39)	56 (3.0)	1964	3.28 (1.77–6.05)
BI > 3	203 (7.4)	2733	3.73 (2.59–5.37)	90 (3.0)	2620	4.85 (2.75–8.57)
Index case DG
0	170 (4.6)	3732	1	81 (2.0)	3643	1
1	98 (5.1)	1915	1.13 (0.80–1.60)	50 (3.0)	1867	1.17 (0.76–1.80)
2	74 (5.5)	1332	1.23 (0.86–1.76)	31 (2.0)	1289	1.02 (0.64–1.62)

Boy/girlfr: boyfriend/girlfriend, br/gr: bride/groom, BI: bacillary index, DG: disability grade.