Gender differential on characteristics and outcome of leprosy patients admitted to a long-term care rural hospital in South-Eastern Ethiopia

Table 2 Main epidemiological and clinical characteristics, and outcome in female and male leprosy patients

Variables	Missing	Total		Male		Female		Chi- square value	P value
		N	%	N	%	N	%
Origin	M:0; F:0							16.2	<0.001
Catchment area		244	29.1	132	24.4	112	37.8
Outside catchment area		595	70.9	409	75.6	186	62.2
Age	M:0; F:0
< 18		89	10.6	47	8.7	42	14.1	5.88	0.020
19-35		331	39.5	194	35.9	137	46.0	8.21	0.005
> 35		419	49.9	300	55.5	119	39.9	18.12	<0.001
Re-admission	M: 204; F: 114							0.09	0.82
Yes		84	16.2	53	15.8	31	16.8
No		435	83.8	282	84.2	153	83.2
WHO classification	M:1; F:2							13.49	<0.001
PB		84	10.0	39	7.3	45	15.2
MB		752	90.0	501	92.7	251	84.8
On MDT	M:1; F:2							2.68	010
Yes		132	15.7	78	14.3	55	18.6
No		710	84.3	461	85.7	237	81.4
Old or New cases	M:1; F:2
New MB		120	14.3	71	13.2	49	16.6	1.81	0.21
New PB		12	1.4	6	1.1	6	2.0	0.02	0.99
Old MB		632	75.6	430	79.6	202	68.2	13.41	<0.001
Old PB		72	8.6	33	6.1	39	13.2	12.13	0.001
Admission from	M:0; F:0							5.39	0.03
OPD		779	92.8	494	91.3	285	95.6
Field		60	7.2	47	8.7	13	4.4
Outcome	M:37; F:21
Improved		707	90.6	459	91.0	248	89.6	0.49	0.56
Referred		36	4.6	25	5.0	11	4.0	0.30	0.65
Death		22	2.8	10	2.0	12	4.3	3.60	0.09
Not improved		8	1.0	4	0.8	4	1.4	0.29	0.62
Voluntary discharged		8	1.0	6	1.2	2	0.7	0.05	0.80

M: male; F: female; MDT multidrug therapy; MB: multibacillary; PB: paucibacillary; OPD: outpatients department.

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