Table 2

CID by demographic and clinical status at follow-up among multibacillary leprosy patients by treatment compliance status, Agra district (Uttar Pradesh) India

CharaectersticsCompleted treatmentDefaultersχ2 with p value
CasesCID rateCasesCID rateCompleted treatmentDefaulters
Age, years
 ≤1412020>0.05>0.05
 15–24156.7333.3
 25–34309.790
 35–546415.62512.0
 >54417.32020.0
Total16210.55913.6
Sex
 Male10112.92814.3>0.05>0.05
 Female616.63112.9
Delay in treatment, months
 ≤12446.8147.1>0.05>0.05
 13–366311.12611.5
 >365512.71921.1
Patches
 0560.00015.0, 0.002>0.05
 1–56040
 6–10626.5130
 >109011.14219.0
Nerves
 0–2664.8287.1>0.057.7, 0.021
 3–56011.7175.9
 >53917.91435.7
Clinical status
 BT/BTR944.3248.319.6, <0.001>0.05
 BB/BBR3813.22321.7
 BL/LL2520.0128.3
 N560.000
Smear
 Positive1018.92817.9>0.05>0.05
 Negative1910.540
 Not done4214.32711.1
  • BB, borderline borderline; BL, borderline lepromatous; BT, borderline tuberculoid; CID, crude incidence of disability; LL, lepromatous; R, reaction at diagnosis.