Table 1.
Socio-demographic and psychometric variables for women with borderline personality disorder with or without comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and matched controls
| Group; mean (SD)
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| Variable | BPD (n = 25) | BPD with PTSD (n = 10) | BPD without PTSD (n = 15) | Controls (n = 25) | ANOVA* | p value |
| Body weight, kg | 69.58 (18.78) | 70.70 (68.83) | 68.83 (20.77) | 61.88 (12.75) | F2,47 = 1.450 | 0.24 |
| Age [range] yr | 29.00 (6.70) [19–41] | 28.50 (6.06) [21–41] | 29.33 (7.29) [19–40] | 32.84 (9.14) [20–45] | F2,47 = 1.439 | 0.25 |
| Years of education | 11.32 (1.84) | 11.50 (2.01) | 11.20 (1.78) | 12.24 (1.39) | F2,47 = 2.050 | 0.14 |
| BIS-10, total score | 85.61 (11.01) | 81.50 (14.96) | 87.80 (7.99) | — | F1,21 = 1.767 | 0.20 |
| BSL, total score | 162.91 (72.49) | 165.88 (59.22) | 161.33 (80.60) | — | F1,21 = 0.023 | 0.89 |
| CTQ, total score | 69.95 (15.92) | 75.50 (14.50) | 67.73 (16.39) | — | F1,19 = 1.471 | 0.24 |
ANOVA = analysis of variance; BIS-10 = Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, 10th version;23 BSL = Borderline Symptom List;24 CTQ = Childhood Trauma Questionnaire;25 BPD = borderline personality disorder; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder; SD = standard deviation.
*
BPD with PTSD versus BPD without PTSD versus controls or BPD with PTSD versus BPD without PTSD for BIS-10, BSL and CTQ, respectively.