Table 3 Diagnosis during hospital admission in female and male leprosy patients

Infected skin ulcer

467

56.2

326

60.5

141

48.3

11.52

0.001

Reversal reaction

80

9.6

48

8.9

32

10.9

0.80

0.40

Neuritis

72

8.7

49

9.1

23

7.9

0.30

0.64

Osteomyelitis

68

8.2

47

8.7

21

7.2

0.10

0.81

ENL

46

5.5

29

5.4

17

5.8

0.03

0.91

LRTI

31

5.7

17

3.1

14

4.8

0.50

0.32

Cellulitis

16

1.9

9

1.7

7

2.4

0.30

0.64

Diabetes mellitus

13

1.6

9

1.7

4

1.4

0.04

0.97

Cardiovascular diseases

13

1.6

3

0.6

10

3.4

9.92

0.004

Gastroenteritis

9

1.1

1

0.2

8

2.7

11.29

0.002

Accident

7

0.8

4

0.7

3

1.0

0.20

0.70

Chronic liver diseases

7

0.8

2

0.4

5

1.7

3.1

0.06

Tuberculosis

6

0.7

5

0.9

1

0.3

0.30

0.60

Arrhythmia

5

0.6

4

0.7

1

0.3

0.35

0.66

Eyes problems

5

0.6

1

0.2

4

1.4

3.3

0.05

Peptic ulcer

5

0.6

1

0.2

4

1.4

3.2

0.06

Intestinal parasites

5

0.6

3

0.6

2

0.7

0.01

0.99

Mental disorders

4

0.5

1

0.2

3

1.0

2.5

0.12

Neoplasm

3

0.4

3

0.6

0

0.0

0.5

0.31

Urinary tract infection

3

0.4

3

0.6

0

0.0

0.5

0.30

Others

12

1.4

7

1.3

5

1.7

-

-

Total*

831

100

539

100

292

100

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