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Table 1 Summary of demographic and clinical features of leprosy patients in Denmark recorded from 1980 to 2010
| Variable | Leprosy patients (N = 15), n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| Range | 5–74 |
| Median | 23 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 9 (60) |
| Female | 6 (40) |
| Country of origin | |
| Philippines | 3 (20) |
| Cambodia | 3 (20) |
| India | 3 (20) |
| Pakistan | 1 (7) |
| Cameroon | 1 (7) |
| Tanzania | 1 (7) |
| Thailand | 1 (7) |
| Sri Lanka | 2 (13) |
| Duration of stay in Denmark (years) | |
| Range | 0–20 |
| Median | 0 |
| 0–5 | 11 (73) |
| ≤6–10 | 0 |
| ≤11–15 | 0 |
| ≤16–20 | 1 (7) |
| Unknown | 3 (20) |
| Duration of clinical presentation (weeks) | |
| Range | 3–384 |
| Median | 36 |
| Classification | |
| Tuberculoid leprosy (TT) | 5 (33) |
| Borderline tuberculoid leprosy (BT)/Borderline leprosy (BB)/Borderline lepromatous leprosy (BL) | 8 (53) |
| Lepromatous leprosy (LL) | 1 (7) |
| Indeterminate leprosy | 1 (7) |
| Reactions | |
| Type 1 | 4 (27) |
| Type 2 | 2 (13) |
| Histopathological findings | |
| Skin smears positive for bacilli (7 patients had skin smears performed) | 3 (43) |
| Granulomas in biopsies | 9 (60) |
