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. 2017 Mar 23;3(2):78–84. doi: 10.1192/bjpo.bp.116.003889

Table 3. Personality disorders among offenders with versus without childhood-onset conduct disorder.

Total (n = 264–268) COCD (n = 71–73) LOVB (n = 193–195) Pa ORb (95% CI)
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Any PD 177 (67) 64 (90) 113 (59) 0.000* 6.5 (2.8–14.9)
Paranoid 26 (10) 12 (16) 14 (7) 0.026 2.5 (1.1–5.8)
Schizoid 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) NA NA
Schizotypal 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) NA NA
Conduct disorder 210 (78) 73 (100) 137 (70) 0.000* NA
Antisocial 170 (63) 66 (90) 104 (53) 0.000* 8.3 (3.6–18.9)
Borderline 13 (5) 5 (7) 8 (4) 0.404 1.7 (0.5–5.4)
Histrionic 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) NA NA
Narcissistic 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) NA NA
Avoidant 4 (2) 1 (1) 3 (2) 0.963 0.9 (0.1–8.7)
Dependent 1 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1) 0.727 NA
Obsessive–compulsive 5 (2) 2 (3) 3 (2) 0.596 1.8 (0.3–11.0)
Depressive 4 (2) 0 (0) 4 (2) 0.259 NA
Passive–aggressive 6 (2) 1 (1) 5 (3) 0.732 0.5 (0.1–4.7)
PD NOS 19 (7) 4 (6) 15 (8) 0.727 0.7 (0.2–2.2)
≥2 PDs 49 (19) 21 (30) 28 (15) 0.006* 2.5 (1.3–4.7)

COCD, childhood onset conduct disorder; LOVB, late onset of violent behaviour; NA, not applicable; NOS, not otherwise specified; PD, personality disorder.

a

P-value corrected by the Benjamini–Hochberg false discovery rate (FDR) procedure.

*

Values marked with an asterisk remain significant after FDR correction.

b

Odds ratios (OR) <1.0 indicate lower risk, OR>1.0 indicate higher risk. Clinically meaningful effects defined as OR≥2.0 or ≤0.5.