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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 19.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2011 Apr 4;68(8):827–837. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.37

Table 3.

Comparison of Full-Time Employment and Marital Status by Diagnostic Cella

Diagnostic Cell Baseline 1 y 2 y 4 y 6 y 8 y 10 y
Full-time employment, %b
 BPD 19 32 33 38 37 34 36
 OPD 35 45 49 54 48 51 52
 MDD 21 38 47 50 55 58 50
Married or cohabiting, %c
 BPD 23 28 26 31 38 39 41
 OPD 26 28 30 31 36 40 46
 MDD 23 24 26 30 31 31 42

Abbreviations: BPD, borderline personality disorder; MDD, major depressive disorder; OPD, other personality disorders.

a

Reported frequencies are based on nonmissing data; generalized estimating equation analyses used multiple imputation.

b

For BPD vs OPD, P = .01 for main effect and P = .73 for interaction with time. For BPD vs MDD, P = .02 for main effect and P = .90 for interaction with time. Significant covariates are age (P < .001), sex (P = .001), education (P < .001), and time (P = .002).

c

For BPD vs OPD, P = .54 for main effect and P = .37 for interaction with time. For BPD vs MDD, P = .51 for main effect and P = .86 for interaction with time. Significant covariates are education (P = .001) and time (P < .001).