Table 1 Clinical characteristics between different gender groups.

From: Monitoring and detection of leprosy patients in Southwest China: A retrospective study, 2010–2014

 

Total

Male(N = 1664)

Female(N = 689)

p-value

N

%

N

%

N

%

Age distribution

      

0.137

  <15

82

3.5

53

3.2

29

4.2

 

  15–29

506

21.5

349

21.0

157

22.8

 

  30–44

769

32.7

566

34.0

203

29.5

 

  45–59

624

26.5

428

25.7

196

28.4

 

  ≥60

372

15.8

268

16.1

104

15.1

 

Clinical type

      

0.237

  TT

418

17.8

312

18.8

106

15.4

 

  BT

440

18.7

313

18.8

127

18.4

 

  BB

164

7.0

113

6.8

51

7.4

 

  BL

735

31.2

502

30.2

233

33.8

 

  LL

596

25.3

424

25.5

172

25.0

 

Operational type

      

0.167

  MB

1927

81.9

1351

81.2

576

83.6

 

  PB

426

18.1

313

18.8

113

16.4

 

Disability

      

<0.001

  no disability

1248

53.1

821

49.4

427

62.0

 

  G1D

403

17.1

310

18.6

93

13.5

 

  G2D

702

29.8

533

32.0

169

24.5

 
  1. Note: Clinical and operational types of the leprosy patients. TT: tuberculoid; BT: borderline-tuberculoid; BB: mid-borderline; BL: borderline-lepromatous; LL: lepromatous; MB: Multibacillary; PB: Paucibacillary leprosy.
  2. Disability of the leprosy patients. ND: no disability; G1D: grade 1 of disability; G2D: grade 2 of disability.