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

Table 6 Differences NDO-LID antibodies according to social and environmental factors evaluated

Factors	IgM Anti-NDO-LID		Protein A Anti-NDO-LID		IgG Anti- NDO-LID
Factors	OD^a	P-value	OD^a	P-value	OD^a	P-value
Socioeconomic status - Geographic area - Armadillo meat intake- BCG re-vaccination- time of exposure	0.495^a	< 0.0001	0.270^a	< 0.0001	0.169^a	< 0.0001
Geographic area	−1.42^b	< 0.0001	−0.053^b	0.001	−0.022^b	0.115
Time of exposure	0.044^b	0.018	–	–	0.021^b	0.027
Armadillo meat intake	−0.064^b	0.006	−0.02^b	0.136	−0.016^b	0.152
BCG re-vaccination	0.001^b	0.940	−0.006^b	0.384	0.003^b	0.648
Socioeconomic status	−0.009^b	0.651	−0.017^b	0.160	−0.018	0.079

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