Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of BPD patients with and without PTSD

	Total	PTSD absent	PTSD present	P
	M +/- SD	M +/- SD	M +/- SD
CTQ
History of CSA	63.3 %	53.1 %	81.2 %	≤0.01
DES	29.74 +/- 16.19	27.37 +/- 15.37	33.47 +/- 16.81	≤0.01
Suicide attempts/self-mutilation
Frequency of suicide attempts	4.14 +/- 7.41	4.26 +/- 8.50	3.98 +/- 5.51	0.90
History of suicide attempts	71.92 %	66.8 %	79.5 %	0.02
History of self-mutilation	95.02 %	92.7 %	98.4 %	0.03
BSL
BPD severity	206.41 +/- 68.30	201.03 +/- 70.87	215.12 +/- 63.23	0.07
Self-perception	35.65 +/- 17.83	34.42 +/- 18.50	37.64 +/- 16.57	0.12
Affect regulation	32.59 +/- 10.45	31.68 +/- 10.98	34.09 +/- 9.39	0.04
Auto aggression	28.69 +/- 13.07	27.77 +/- 13.47	30.17 +/- 12.32	0.11
Dysphoria	32.65 +/- 5.94	32.58 +/- 6.24	32.77 +/- 5.44	0.78
Isolation	23.57 +/- 10.51	23.36 +/- 10.59	23.90 +/- 10.40	0.65
Intrusions	13.86 +/- 8.19	12.49 +/- 8.11	16.05 +/- 7.86	≤0.001
Hostility	10.15 +/- 5.22	10.04 +/- 5.35	10.32 +/- 5.03	0.64
IPDE
Number of BPD criteria	6.63 +/- 1.24	6.55 +/- 2.02	6.76 +/- 1.19	0.90
BPD dimensional score	14.49 +/- 1.97	14.39 +/- 1.26	14.66 +/- 1.88	0.21