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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Specificity of emotion sequences in borderline personality disorder compared to posttraumatic stress disorder, bulimia nervosa, and healthy controls: an e-diary study

Variable

BPD (n = 43)

PTSD (n = 28)

BN (n = 20)

HC (n = 28)

Age in years

M (SD)

26.72 (7.07)

35.25 (7.53)

23.70 (5.97)

28.82 (7.47)

Variable

BPD (n = 43)

PTSD (n = 28)

BN (n = 20)

Χ2 test

Psychotropic medication

 n (%)

16 (37%)

17 (60%)

5 (25%)

PTSD > BN

Hospitalization n (%)

 Outpatients

26 (60%)

8 (29%)

9 (45%)

BPD > PTSD

 Inpatients

17 (40%)

20 (71%)

11 (55%)

PTSD > BPD

Current Axis I diagnoses n (%)

 Major depression

9 (21%)

15 (54%)

10 (50%)

PTSD, BN > BPD

 Anxiety disorders

27 (63%)

19 (68%)

10 (50%)

n.s.

 PTSD

22 (51%)

all

3 (15%)

BPD > BN

 Bulimia nervosa

9 (21%)

2 (7%)

all

n.s.

Current Axis II disorders n (%)

 Borderline

all

exclusion criterion

not applicable

 Avoidant

24 (25%)

6 (21%)

3 (15%)

BPD > PTSD, BN

 Obsessive-compulsive

7 (16%)

3 (11%)

2 (10%)

n.s.

 Dependent

7 (16%)

0 (0%)

1 (5%)

n.s.

 Paranoid

7 (16%)

3 (11%)

1 (5%)

n.s.

  1. BPD borderline personality disorder, PTSD posttraumatic stress disorder, BN bulimia nervosa, HC healthy controls, > signals significant group differences, n.s, no significant group differences