Table 1.
Background information for BDD participants and non-clinical controls.
| Controls (n = 17) |
BDD (n = 18) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Statistics |
| Age (yr) | 28.1 | 5.4 | 28.6 | 6.7 | F1, 33 = 0.04, p = n.s. |
| Education (yr) | 16.8 | 2.3 | 15.5 | 2.7 | F1, 33 = 2.2, p = n.s. |
| Gender | χ2 = 0.03, p = n.s. | ||||
| Male | 7 | 8 | |||
| Female | 10 | 10 | |||
| BDD-YBOCS | 28.9 | 5.4 | |||
| BABS | 14.6 | 3.8 | |||
| HAMD | 1.4 | 1.5 | 10.5 | 7.5 | F1, 33 = 24.4, p < 0.01 |
| HAMA | 1.5 | 1.3 | 12.4 | 8.0 | F1, 33 = 30.3, p < 0.01 |
| Embedded Figures | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 2.3 | F1, 27 = 6.7, p < 0.05 |
| Task Anxiety | |||||
| Navon Task Anxiety | 2.6 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 2.7 | F1, 28 = 9.5, p < 0.05 |
BABS = Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale; BDD = body dysmorphic disorder; BDD-YBOCS = BDD version of the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale; HAMA = Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale; HAMD = Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; S.D. = standard deviation.