Table 3.

Table 3 Symptomatological features in patients with (BDP+) or without (BDP-) borderline personality disorder

	BDP+	BDP-
	(n=46)	(n=61)	t value	p
Atypical Depression Diagnostic Scale (mean±SD)
Usual reactivity	53.3±25.5	44.4±18.3	2.09	0.04
Maximum reactivity	70.2±15.8)	65.1±12.1	1.90	0.06
Interpersonal sensitivity	4.8±0.9	4.5±0.9	1.86	0.07
Quality of relationships	4.3±1.0	3.5±0.8	2.05	0.04
Functional impairment	4.3±1.0	3.9±0.8	2.51	0.01
Avoidance of relationships	3.9±1.0	3.5±1.1	2.02	0.05
Other rejection avoidance	4.0±1.2	3.6±1.1	2.07	0.04
Leaden paralysis	4.6±1.2	4.2±1.3	1.72	0.09
Increased appetite	3.2±1.8	3.5±1.6	-0.86	0.4
Increased food intake	3.1±1.8	3.3±1.6	-0.84	0.4
Weight gain	2.4±1.6	2.8±1.4	-1.51	0.1
Weight gain-increased appetite	2.3±2.0	2.5±2.0	-0.82	0.4
Hypersomnia	3.5±3.1	2.9±2.8	1.06	0.3
Hamilton Rating Scale factors (mean±SD)
Anxiety-somatization	0.9±0.3	0.9±0.4	-0.003	0.99
Weight	0.2±0.5	0.1±0.3	1.48	0.1
Cognitive disturbances	1.0±0.5	0.8±0.4	2.04	0.04
Diurnal variations	1.2±0.7	1.0±0.7	1.63	0.1
Retardation	1.4±0.4	1.3±0.5	1.60	0.04
Sleep disturbance	0.5±0.5	0.5±0.5	-0.02	0.1
Total	21.2±5.2	18.8±6.2	2.05	0.98
Hamilton Scale for reverse symptoms (mean±SD)
Lack of energy	2.9±0.8	2.9±0.9	0.15	0.9
Social withdrawal	1.7±1.0	1.8±1.1	-0.67	0.5
Increased appetite	1.4±1.2	1.5±1.1	-0.28	0.8
Increased food intake	1.3±1.2	1.5±1.1	-0.55	0.6
Carbohydrate craving	1.5±1.2	1.6±1.1	-0.42	0.7
Weight gain	0.7±0.8	0.9±0.8	-1.60	0.1
Hypersomnia	1.9±1.7	1.5±1.5	1.30	0.2
Hopkins Symptoms Check List-90 (mean±SD)
Somatization	1.7±0.9	1.4±0.8	1.5	0.15
Obsessive-compulsive	2.1±0.9	1.9±1.0	1.9	0.1
Interpersonal sensitivity	1.9±1.0	1.5±0.9	2.3	0.02
Depression	2.4±0.9	2.1±0.9	1.2	0.25
Anxiety	2.0±1.0	1.5±0.9	2.5	0.01
Anger-hostility	1.7±1.0	0.9±0.7	4.0	0.0001
Phobic anxiety	1.3±1.0	1.0±0.7	1.7	0.09
Paranoid ideation	1.9±1.0	1.4±0.9	2.9	0.005
Psychoticism	1.4±0.8	1.0±0.7	2.5	0.01