Relative frequencies of neural impairment, compared to age and sex-specific normal thresholds, according to the various nerve function tests used in the INFIR Cohort Study at the time of the incident event.

Cases are patients with an incident event (sensory impairment by monofilaments, motor impairment by VMT or a Type 1 or 2 leprosy reaction; N = 74); controls are patients with leprosy, but without an event (N = 73). Frequencies among the control are prevalences of impairment at the same follow-up visit as the incident event of their respective controls. MFT = monofilament test, VMT = voluntary muscle test, MNC = sensory nerve conduction, WDT = warm detection threshold, CDT = cold detection threshold, VPT = vibration perception threshold.