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Table 3 The associations of the level of personality disturbance with the diagnosed Axis I disorders

From: Clinical importance of personality difficulties: diagnostically sub-threshold personality disorders

  

No personality disturbance

Personality difficulty

Simple personality disorder

Complex/severe personality disorder

 

Diagnosis

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Pa

Bipolar disorder

Yes

No

13

127

9.3

90.7

8

43

15.7

84.3

14

67

17.3

82.7

16

72

18.2

81.8

0.17

Depressive disorders

Yes

No

91

49

65.0

35.0

42

9

82.3

17.7

60

21

74.1

25.9

72

16

81.8

18.2

0.017

Other mood disorders

Yes

No

1

139

0.7

99.3

0

51

0.0

100.0

4

77

4.9

95.1

1

87

1.1

98.9

0.12

Psychotic disorders

Yes

No

5

135

3.6

96.4

0

51

0.0

100.0

2

79

2.5

97.5

1

87

1.1

98.9

0.53

Substance use disorders

Yes

No

29

111

20.7

79.3

19

32

37.2

62.8

24

57

29.6

70.4

41

47

46.6

53.4

<0.001

Anxiety disorders

Yes

No

47

93

33.6

66.4

23

28

45.1

54.9

39

42

48.1

51.9

51

37

58.0

42.0

0.003

Somatoformic disorders

Yes

No

3

137

2.1

97.9

2

49

3.9

96.1

3

78

3.7

96.3

8

80

9.1

90.9

0.11

Eating disorders

Yes

No

6

134

4.3

95.7

3

48

5.9

94.1

5

76

6.2

93.8

5

83

5.7

94.3

0.89

Adjustment disorders

Yes

No

3

137

2.1

97.9

0

51

0.0

100.0

0

81

0.0

100.0

1

87

1.1

98.9

0.58

  1. aChi-square test