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Table 4 DSM-IV personality disorders (PDs) of the subjectsa

From: Psychiatric disorders and clinical correlates of suicidal patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo

 

Male

(N = 68)

Female

(N = 87)

Total

(N = 155)

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

Borderline PD

28b

41.2

58

66.7

86

55.5

Avoidant PD

21

30.9

28

32.2

49

31.6

Antisocial PD

22

32.4

20

23.0

42

27.1

Obsessive-compulsive PD

10

14.7

24

27.6

34

21.9

Paranoid PD

13

19.1

16

18.4

29

18.7

Schizoid PD

15

22.1

10

11.5

25

16.1

Narcissistic PD

7

10.3

11

12.6

18

11.6

Dependent PD

9

13.2

8

9.2

17

11.0

Schizotypal PD

5

7.4

7

8.0

12

7.7

Histrionic PD

3

4.4

8

9.2

11

7.1

Any PD

55

80.9

80

92.1

135

87.1

  1. PD: personality disorder
  2. a Significance level was set at 0.005 (0.05/10) since statistical tests were conducted for each of the 10 PD types.
  3. b The percentage of subjects with borderline PD for males was lower than for females (p = 0.002, Exact test).
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