Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical variables of patients diagnosed with BPD and MOPD

BPD diagnosis

N = 128

N (%)

MOPD diagnosis

N = 82

N (%)

Χ² (df)

p

Sex

41.66 (1)

 < .001

 Men

12 (9.4)

40 (48.8)

 Women

116 (90.6)

42 (51.2)

Education level

9.39 (1)

.002

 Low education

88 (68.8)

39 (47.6)

 Medium / high education

40 (25.0)

43 (37.8)

Marital status

128 (61.0)

82 (39.1)

5.66 (2)

.912

 Single

81 (63.3)

52 (63.4)

 Married / in a relationship

35 (27.3)

21 (25.6)

 Divorced / separated / widowed

12 (9.4)

9 (11.0)

Comorbidities^a

 Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders (F40-F48)

39.8%

30.5%

 Mood disorders (F30-F39)

18.8%

24.4%

 Eating disorders (F50)

13.3%

7.3%

 Hyperkinetic disorders (F90)

10.2%

4.9%

 Disorders of adult personality and behavior (F60-F69;

7.8%

8.5%

M (SD)

M (SD)

t (df)

p

Age

30.30 (8.86)

38.66 (10.68)

6.16 (208)

 < .001

Depression (PHQ-9)

16.37 (5.76)

15.09 (5.32)

-1.62 (208)

.107

BPD symptoms (MSI-BPD)

7.54 (2.38)^d

6.35 (2.43)^e

-3.54 (205)

 < .001