Table 1.

Comparison of socio-demographic variables and psychometric instrument scores among groups.

	BD Group (n = 58)	BPD Group (n = 48)	CTL Group (n = 59)
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	Chi-Square	p	Bonferroni’s Post-Hoc Comparisons (p < 0.05)
Sex				11.31	0.003
M	37 (63.8)	15 (31.3)	27 (45.8)			M: BPD < BD;
F	21 (36.2)	33 (68.8)	32 (54.2)			F: BPD > BD
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	F	p
Age	35.48 ± 11.24	34.50 ± 9.67	32.86 ± 11.69	0.85	0.430	No significant differences
AdAS Spectrum
Childhood/Adolescence	8.34 ± 4.20	7.10 ± 3.84	3.39 ± 2.51	30.36	<0.001	CTL < BD; CTL < BPD
Verbal communication	7.70 ± 4.18	5.73 ± 3.32	2.12 ± 1.98	43.10	<0.001	CTL < BPD < BD
Non verbal communication	12.04 ± 5.71	9.69 ± 5.19	4.59 ± 3.49	35.51	<0.001	CTL < BPD < BD
Empathy	5.20 ± 2.65	3.77 ± 2.76	1.71 ± 1.88	29.65	<0.001	CTL < BPD < BD
Inflexibility and adherence to routine	18.56 ± 7.88	12.72 ± 6.79	7.64 ± 5.50	37.09	<0.001	CTL < BPD < BD
Restricted interests and rumination	10.88 ± 4.16	8.08 ± 4.55	2.90 ± 2.89	61.13	<0.001	CTL < BPD < BD
Hyper-Hypo reactivity to sensory input	6.39 ± 3.83	4.15 ± 3.67	1.29 ± 1.46	38.66	<0.001	CTL < BPD < BD
AdAS Spectrum total score	69.45 ± 27.12	51.25 ± 24.01	23.64 ± 15.09	58.39	<0.001	CTL < BPD < BD
RRS
Reflection	11.62 ± 3.04	11.36 ± 2.90	7.80 ± 2.98	28.95	<0.001	CTL < BD; CTL < BPD
Brooding	12.59 ± 3.01	13.30 ± 3.13	8.48 ± 2.46	45.15	<0.001	CTL < BD; CTL < BPD
Depression	31.13 ± 6.75	32.33 ± 8.06	19.34 ± 5.75	61.12	<0.001	CTL < BD; CTL < BPD
RRS total score	55.49 ± 11.15	57.11 ± 13.12	35.62 ± 9.82	61.01	<0.001	CTL < BD; CTL < BPD
Suicidality (MOODS-SR)	2.24 ± 2.02	2.230 ± 2.16	0.20 ± 0.78	26.06	<0.001	CTL < BD; CTL < BPD