Table 1 Demographic and clinical variables in healthy control participants (HC) and patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

Age - years

26.13

7.29

26.10

4.76

t = 0.21

.983

Years of education, n (%)

 9 years

0

(0)

4

(13.33)

U = 409

.492

 10 years

13

(43.33)

10

(33.33)

Z = −0.69

 13 years

17

(46.67)

16

(53.33)

Borderline Symptom List-23 (mean)

0.10

0.15

2.42

0.71

t = −17.55

<.001

Rejection sensitivity questionnaire^a

6.2

2.9

16.8

6.2

t = −7.94

<.001

Co-morbidities, n (%)

 major depressive disorder

2

(6.67)

 dysthymia

2

(6.67)

 panic disorder with agoraphobia

2

(6.67)

 social phobia

8

(26.67)

 specific phobia

2

(6.67)

 obsessive compulsive disorder

2

(6.67)

 posttraumatic stress disorder

17

(56.67)

 somatization disorder

1

(3.33)

 unspecific somatoform disorder

2

(6.67)

 bulimia nervosa

2

(6.67)

 binge eating disorder

5

(16.67)

 dissociative convulsions

1

(3.33)