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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Effect of comorbid ADHD on mortality in women with borderline personality disorder

   

Number of women

Cause of death

Age at diagnosis

Age at death

Total

Alive

Deceased

Natural

All unnatural

Suicide

M (SD)

M (SD)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

n

n

n

All

29.2 (9.9)

37.5 (12.9)

15 847 (100%)

15 491 (100%)

356 (100%)

81

275

237

­Only BPD (100%)

29.8 (10.2)

38.5 (13.3)

11 522 (72.7%)

11 246 (72.6%)

276 (77.5%)

69

207

182

­BPD and ADHD (100%)

27.8 (8.9)

34.1 (11.0)

4 325 (27.3%)1

4 245 (27.4%)

80 (22.5%)

12

68

55

Nulliparous

  

9 559 (100%)

9 337 (100%)

222 (100%)

49

173

155

­Only BPD (44.3%)2

  

7 027 (73.5%)

6 846 (73.3%)

181 (81%)

44

137

126

­BPD and ADHD (58.5%)3

  

2 532 (26.5%)

2 491 (26.7%)

41 (19%)

5

36

29

Parous

  

6 288 (100%)

6 154 (100%)

134 (100%)

32

102

82

­Only BPD (55.7%)2

  

4 495 (71.5%)

4 400 (71.5%)

95 (71%)

25

70

56

­BPD and ADHD (41.5%)3

  

1 793 (29.5%)

1 754 (28.5%)

39 (29%)

7

32

26

Inpatient care (IC)

  

7 534 (100%)

7 249 (100%)

285 (100%)

53

232

199

­Only BPD (45.6%)2

  

5 253 (69.7%)

5 036 (69.5%)

217 (76%)

44

173

151

­BPD and ADHD (52.7%)3

  

2 281 (30.3%)

2 213 (30.5%)

68 (24%)

9

59

48

Outpatient care only

  

8 313 (100%)

8 242 (100%)

71 (100%)

28

43

38

­Only BPD (54.4%)2

  

6 269 (75.4%)

6 210 (75.3%)

59 (83%)

25

34

32

­BPD and ADHD (47.3%)3

  

2 044 (24.6%)

2 032 (24,7%)

12 (17%)

3

9

7

  1. 1 1344 of those were registered with an ADHD diagnosis before index and were calculated to belong to the BPD-ADHD group from index; 2 of all “Only BPD”, 3 of all “BPD and ADHD”