Social and environmental conditions related to Mycobacterium leprae infection in children and adolescents from three leprosy endemic regions of Colombia

Table 2 Differences of NDO-LID antibodies according to their socioeconomic status and origin region

Variable	Sample size	Anti-NDO-LID			Anti-NDO-LID IgM			Anti- NDO-LID IgG
	N (%)	protein A
		(+)	OR (95% CI)	P-value	(+)	OR (95% CI)	P-value	(+)	OR (95% CI)	P-value
		N (%)	OR (95% CI)	P-value	N (%)	OR (95% CI)	P-value	N (%)	OR (95% CI)	P-value
SEC Low-low	42 (51)	15 (36)	10.55 (2.2–52.5)	0.001	18 (43)	6.75 (2–22.4)	0.001	5 (12)	5.3 (0.59–47.2)	0.102
SEC Low or Medium-low	40 (49)	2 (5)			4 (10)			1 (3)
Origin UAChR	18 (22)	12 (67)	3.9 (1.9–8.1) UAChR vs AR	< 0.0001	15 (83)	7.5 (1.98–28.3) UAChR vs AR	< 0.0001	3 (6)	2.5 (1.6–3.7) UAChR vs AR	0.136
Origin CR	43 (52)	4 (9)			3 (7)			3 (7)
Origin AR	21 (26)	1 (5)	5.6 (2.5–12.4) UAChR vs CR		4 (19)	11.9 (3.9–36.2) UAChR vs CR		0	1.8 (0.7–4.5) UAChR vs CR

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, (+) positive for the presence of anti-NDO-LID antibodies, SEC socioeconomic status, UAChR Uraba-Antioquia-Choco shared region, CR Caribbean region, AR Andean region, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, (+) positive for the presence of anti-NDO-LID antibodies

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