Factors Associated with Multibacillary Leprosy in a Priority Region for Disease Control in Northeastern Brazil: A Retrospective Observational Study

Table 1

Association between sociodemographic variables and forms of leprosy.

Operational Classification
Variables	Paucibacillary; N = 249	Multibacillary; N = 656	P-value	OR	95% CI
	N ()	N ()
Sex
Male	97 (38.9)	445 (67.8)	<0.0001	1.41	(1.28-1.55)
Female	152 (61.1)	211 (32.2)
Age
< 15 years	36 (14.4)	58 (8.9)	0.01	0.83	(0.71-0.98)
16-60 years	176 (70.6)	457 (69.6)	0.76	0.98	(0.90-1.07)
> 60 years	37 (15)	141 (21.5)	0.02	1.11	(1.02-1.22)
Education
≤ 10 years of education	172 (69.1)	541 (82.5)	<0.0001	1.26	(1.12-1.43)
> 10 years of education	77 (30.9)	115 (17.5)
Occupation
Employed	132 (53)	401 (61.1)	0.02	1.09	(1.009-1.19)
Unemployed	86 (34.5)	141 (21.5)	<0.0001	0.81	(0.73-0.91)
Retired	28 (12.5)	117 (17.4)	0.01	1.13	(1.03-1.24)
Skin Colour
White	57 (22.9)	121 (18.4)	0.13	0.92	(0.82-1.03)
Black	24 (9.6)	88 (13.5)	0.12	1.09	(0.98-1.22)
Brown	168 (67.5)	447 (68.1)	0.84	1.009	(0.92-1.10)
No. of contacts
≤ 5	209 (83.9)	556 (84.7)	0.76	1.01	(0.98-1.14)
> 5	40 (16.1)	100 (15.3)