Research Article
Factors Associated with Multibacillary Leprosy in a Priority Region for Disease Control in Northeastern Brazil: A Retrospective Observational Study
Table 2
Association between clinical variables and forms of leprosy.
| | Operational Classification | | Variables | Paucibacillary
N = 249 | Multibacillary
N = 656 | p-value | Or | 95% CI |
| | | N () | N () | | | | | Skin Lesions | | | | | | | No lesions | 26 (10.4) | 55 (6.7) | 0.33 | 0.93 | (0.79-1.08) | | < 5 lesions | 200 (80.3) | 268 (40.8) | <0.0001 | 0.64 | (0.59-0.70) | | 5 to 15 lesions | 11 (9.3) | 203 (30.9) | <0.0001 | 1.44 | (1.35-1.54) | | > 16 lesions | 0 (0.00) | 142 (21.6) | <0.0001 | 1.48 | (1.41-1.56) |
| | Affected Nerves | | | | | | | No nerves | 194 (77.9) | 340 (51.8) | <0.0001 | 3.27 | (2.34 - 4.58) | | Affected nerves | 55 (22.1) | 316 (48.2) |
| | Degree of Disability | | | | | | | Degree 0 | 142 (57) | 294 (44.8) | 0.001 | 0.87 | (0.80- 0.94) | | Degree I | 28 (11.2) | 165 (25.1) | <0.0001 | 1.24 | (1.14- 1.33) | | Degree II | 14 (5.3) | 82 (12.7) | 0.003 | 1.20 | (1.09-1.32) | | Not evaluated | 66 (26.5) | 114 (17.4) | 0.002 | 0.84 | (0.75-0.95) |
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