Fig 1.
Comparison of mean BMI (kg / m2) between cases and control.
Fig 2.
Comparison of mean MUAC (cm) between cases and controls.
Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data of study population.
P-values determined by chi-square, t-test, or crude logistic regression where appropriate. An alpha = 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Table 2.
Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression of study outcome, leprosy, and demographic, nutritional, infectious, and food security questions.
Variables without an aOR were either not included or were dropped from the final model per the methods.
Fig 3.
Diagram showing possible relationships between food insecurity, dietary diversity, nutritional deficiencies, undernutrition, M. leprae infection, and leprosy manifestation.