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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2016 Apr 27;200:266–274. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.04.053

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics

BPD AvPD HC Statistic
BPD vs. HC AvPD vs. HC BPD vs. AvPD
N 29 27 29
Age 31.3
(9.7)		 27.9
(7.0)		 28.0
(6.5)		 t(56) = 1.54, n.s. t(54) = 0.02, n.s. t(54) = 1.51, n.s.
Gender (F/M) 19/10 15/12 14/15 χ2=1.76, n.s. χ2=0.30, n.s. χ2=0.58, n.s.
State Anxiety
(STAI-State)		 42.0
(14.6)		 33.3
(10.0)		 27.4
(6.1)		 t(51) = 4.58** t(50) = 2.57* t(51) = 2.52*
Trait Anxiety
(STAI-Trait)		 47.5
(11.3)		 40.4
(9.6)		 29.6
(5.9)		 t(54) = 7.10** t(52) = 4.89** t(54) = 2.52*
Affective Instability
(ALS)		 70.2
(28.5)		 49.2
(21.1)		 29.5
(21.4)		 t(56) = 6.09** t(51) = 3.36* t(51) = 3.08*

BPD – Borderline Personality Disorder; AvPD – Avoidant Personality Disorder; HC – Healthy Controls; STAI – State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; ALS – Affective Lability Scale. Average values are shown, with standard deviations given in parentheses.

**

p < 0.001, two-tailed

*

p < 0.02, two-tailed