Table 5 Number of positive questions answered in the LSQ by the whole group of individuals, the healthy group and new cases.

From: Development and validation of a machine learning approach for screening new leprosy cases based on the leprosy suspicion questionnaire

 

Total

n (%)

Healthy

n (%)

New cases

n (%)

p-value

q1

357 (19.4)

296 (17.4)

61 (43.9)

< 0.0001

q2

426 (23.1)

358 (21.0)

68 (48.9)

< 0.0001

q3

124 (6.7)

90 (5.3)

34 (24.5)

< 0.0001

q5

190 (10.3)

149 (8.7)

41 (29.5)

< 0.0001

q6

298 (16.2)

251 (14.7)

47 (33.8)

< 0.0001

q7

345 (18.7)

279 (16.4)

66 (47.5)

< 0.0001

q8

134 (7.3)

124 (7.3)

10 (7.2)

1.0000

q9

202 (11.0)

173 (10.2)

29 (20.9)

0.0001

q10

73 (4.0)

64 (3.8)

9 (6.5)

0.1627

q11

194 (10.5)

170 (10.0)

24 (17.3)

0.0426

q12

73 (4.0)

57 (3.3)

16 (11.5)

< 0.0001

q13

56 (3.0)

51 (3.0)

5 (3.6)

0.8880

  1. The last column presents the p-values of a Chi-Square test made between healthy individuals and new cases detected to check similarities of positive answers on the LSQ.
  2. Significant values are in (bold).