Table 3.

Mean ± standard deviation of personality trait T scores on the Swedish universities scale of personality for high- and low-severity PMDD patients and control subjects

SSP subscales	PMDD high-severity (n = 15)	PMDD low-severity (n = 15)	Control subjects (n = 55)
Somatic trait anxiety	55.1 ± 9.4a	49.5 ± 7.8	45.7 ± 6.8
Psychic trait anxiety	52.1 ± 9.9b	50.0 ± 8.4	46.5 ± 7.3
Embitterment	51.9 ± 11.0c	46.3 ± 9.3	44.5 ± 6.7
Stress susceptibility	54.9 ± 12.2d	52.2 ± 9.9	48.8 ± 10.3
Mistrust (logarithmic)	52.4 ± 12.2a	48.5 ± 9.2d	42.2 ± 8.4
Lack of assertiveness	49.2 ± 11.0	49.0 ± 8.5	48.9 ± 8.0
Trait irritability	54.2 ± 11.8d	53.0 ± 13.5	47.5 ± 10.2
Verbal trait aggression	50.8 ± 9.2	47.5 ± 11.4	47.6 ± 8.7
Physical trait aggression (logarithmic)	45.6 ± 8.7	46.1 ± 12.0	41.8 ± 7.1
Social desirability	48.2 ± 8.7	51.0 ± 5.6	51.0 ± 8.8
Impulsiveness	52.0 ± 7.2	48.9 ± 9.2	47.0 ± 8.2
Adventure seeking	49.6 ± 10.9	49.2 ± 9.4	50.2 ± 8.0
Detachment	48.8 ± 9.3	50.4 ± 6.2b	44.8 ± 8.0

There were no significant differences in personality trait scores between high- and low-severity PMDD patients

^aSignificantly different from control subjects, p < 0.001, one-way ANOVA with post hoc Tukey HSD

^bSignificantly different from control subjects, p < 0.05, one-way ANOVA with post hoc Tukey HSD

^cSignificantly different from control subjects, p < 0.01, one-way ANOVA with post hoc Tukey HSD

^dSignificantly different from controls, p < 0.05–0.01, linear regression with adjustment for parity and civil status