Table 1.
Demographic and clinical information for groups.
| Healthy control (HC, n = 28) | Major depressive disorder (MDD, n = 27) | Borderline personality disorder (BPD, n = 15) | Group effects | |
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| Gender (m/f) | 13/15 | 16/11 | 1/14 | Patient-HC: n.s. |
| MDD-BPD: Chi2(2) = 11.1** | ||||
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| Age (M ± SD) | 31.0 ± 12.5 | 40.8 ± 12.7 | 26.1 ± 6.4 | Patients-HC: n.s. |
| HC and BPD < MDD** F(2,67) = 9.08** |
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| Years of education | 11.8 ± 1.5 | 10.3 ± 1.6 | 9.7 ± 1.1 | Patients-HC: t(68) = 4.52, P < .01 |
| (M ± SD) | MDD-BPD n.s. | |||
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| BDI (M ± SD) | 3.3 ± 3.0 | 21.4 ± 12.3 | 29.4 ± 15.5 | Patients-HC: F(1,68) = 75.00** |
| MDD-BPD: n.s., MDD and BPD > HC: F(2,67) = 39.15** |
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| ERQr (M ± SD) | 4.8 ± 0.9 | 3.8 ± 1.1 | 3.7 ± 1.3 | Patients-HC: F(1,68) = 13.74** |
| ERQs (M ± SD) | 3.3 ± 1.0 | 4.4 ± 1.3 | 4.3 ± 1.9 | Patients-HC: F(1,68) = 10.97** MDD-BPD: n.s. |
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| Stress load (number of events) | 14.4 ± 12.5 | 36.1 ± 26.7 | 48.7 ± 25.0 | BPD-MDD n.s. BPD, MDD > HC** F(2,67) = 13.85** |