Research Article
Deformities due to Leprosy in Children under Fifteen Years Old as an Indicator of Quality of the Leprosy Control Programme in Brazilian Municipalities
Table 3
Prevalence ratio and confidence intervals of factors associated with physical deformity of notified leprosy cases in children under 15 years old in Almenara, Araçuaí, and Diamantina between 1998 and 2010.
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PR: prevalence ratio; value: Poisson regression; CI: confidence intervals. *World Health Organization classification according to number of skin lesions: paucibacillary (up to 05 lesions) and multibacillary (more than 05 lesions). |