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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample

From: Facial emotion processing in patients with borderline personality disorder as compared with healthy controls: an fMRI and ECG study

 

BPD patients

HC

BPD vs HC independent t-test

N = 30

N = 30

M

SD

M

SD

T (df)

p-value

D

Age

24.2

5.2

24.7

5.2

- 0.3 (58)

0.74

5.2

BSL-23

51.7

14.0

5.7

5.5

16.7 (37.9)

< .001

10.6

A-RSQ

15.3

4.8

6.5

2.8

8.5 (58)

<. 001

4.0

DERS-SF

61.5

7.3

31.0

6.6

16.9 (58)

<. 001

6.9

MDI

72.2

18.0

38.4

7.4

9.5 (38.6)

<. 001

13.7

CTQ

58.1

13.4

32.3

5.8

9.5 (37.8)

<. 001

10.2

Education

N

 

N

 

Mann-Whitney U test

U

p-value

r

 Primary

6

 

4

 

310

.025

.031

 Lower secondary

4

 

0

    

 Higher secondary

16

 

15

    

 University

4

 

11

    
  1. BPD borderline personality disorder, HC healthy control, M mean, SD standard deviation, BSL-23 Borderline Symptom List, A-RSQ Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire, DERS-SF Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale Short Form, MDI Multiscale Dissociation Inventory, CTQ Childhood Trauma Questionnaire