Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of BPD patients and healthy controls. Demographic variables and IDQ score were compared with t-test and chi-square test.
| BPD Mean ± SD |
Healthy controls Mean ± SD |
t/χ2 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic variables | ||||
| Age | 37.17 ± 13.23 | 36.36 ± 12.84 | 0.730 | 0.398 |
| Female gender N (%) | 15 (62.5%) | 13 (54.16) | 0.343 | 0.558 |
| Level of education | 13.30 ± 3.19 | 13.00 ± 2.56 | 0.983 | 0.327 |
| Clinical variables | ||||
| IDQ total score | 3.04 ± 1.05 | 1.34 ± 0.52 | 6.83 | 0.001 |
BPD = Borderline Personality Disorder; SD = Standard Deviation; IDQ = Identity Disturbance Questionnaire.