Research Article
Kinship and Leprosy in the Contacts of Leprosy Patients: Cohort at the Souza Araújo Outpatient Clinic, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 1987–2010
Table 2
Factors associated with prevalence and incidence in a cohort of contacts. Souza Araújo Outpatient Clinic, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 1987–2010.
| | Variables | Coprevalence | Incidence | | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted RR (95% CI) |
| | Skin color | | | | White | 1 | 1 | | Brown/black | 1.32 (1.02–1.70) | 1.66 (1.14–2.42) | | Educational level | | | | >10 years | 1 | — | | 4 to 10 years | 1.33 (0.81–2.18) | | | <4 years | 2.18 (1.42–3.35) | | | Kinship | | | | Social bonds | 1 | 1 | | Spouse, boy/girlfr, br/gr | 1.25 (0.74–2.11) | 7.53 (2.51–22.57) | | Parents | 1.69 (0.97–2.96) | 10.93 (3.48–34.27) | | Sibling | 2.75 (1.65–4.57) | 7.03 (2.41–20.46) | | Child | 2.00 (1.18–3.39) | 5.34 (1.74–16.38) | | Other consanguineous relatives | 1.70 (0.98–2.94) | 3.71 (1.24–11.06) | | Type of close association | | | | Nonhousehold | 1 | — | | Household | 1.33 (1.00–1.77) | | | Length of time of close association | | | | 0–5 years | 1 | — | | >5 years | 1.48 (1.02–2.15) | | | BCG scar | | | | No | 1 | 1 | | Yes | 0.30 (0.22–0.41) | 0.63 (0.44–0.90) | | Index case BI | | | | BI = 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 < BI < 3 | 2.54 (1.62–3.98) | 3.68 (1.99–6.82) | | BI > 3 | 4.21 (2.78–6.36) | 5.27 (2.96–9.38) |
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Boy/girlfr: boyfriend/girlfriend, br/gr: bride/groom, BI: bacillary index.
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