Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and healthy controls (HC).

	BPD (n = 53) Mean ± SD	HC (n = 28) Mean ± SD	Group statistics
Age (years)	32.19 ± 9.77	29.54 ± 7.31	F(df) = 1.59, p = .211, ${\eta }_p^2$ = .02
Education level 9 years 10 years 12–13 years	n = 24 (45%) n = 22 (42%) n = 7 (13%)	n = 19 (68%) n = 8 (29%) n = 1 (4%)	Chi²(df) = 4.31, p = .116
Intelligence (MWT-B)	29.79 ± 3.76	29.85 ± 2.89	F(df) = .01, p = .939, ${\eta }_p^2$ = .00
BPD sympom severity (BSL-23 mean)	1.96 ± .74	.19 ± .18	F(df) = 155.24, p < .001, ${\eta }_p^2$ = .67
Childhood maltreatment severity (CTQ sum)	67.85 ± 18.98	32.04 ± 11.39	F(df) = 76.28, p < .001, ${\eta }_p^2$ = .56
Comorbidities PTSD Major depression Eating disorder Social phobia	n = 16 (30%) n = 19 (36%) n = 10 (19%) n = 9 (17%)	– – – –

Note: BPD = Borderline Personality Disorder patients, BSL-23 = Borderline Symptom List 23; CTQ = Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; HC = Healthy controls, PTSD = Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.