Table 2.

Subject Characteristics

	Control Subjects	BPD Subjects	p Value
NAART	20.90 ± 2.09	19.20 ± 1.69	.53
SCID2-BPD	0.90 ± 0.28	9.00 ± 0.76	<.001
BSL-23	5.95 ± 1.60	33.00 ± 4.29	<.001
BDI	3.10 ± 1.06	21.40 ± 2.95	<.001
BAI	7.75 ± 2.32	23.00 ± 2.86	<.001

Mean and SEM scores are displayed for the NAART (reading test), two different BPD self-reports (SCID2-BPD and BSL-23), depression self-report (BDI), and anxiety self-report (BAI). t tests comparing control with BPD subject scores revealed no differences in reading score between groups but significant differences in each of the self-reports.

BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BPD, borderline personality disorder; BSL-23, Borderline Symptom List 23; NAART, North American Adult Reading Test; SCID2-BPD, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Disorders–Borderline Personality Disorder.