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Table 1 Demographic and clinical variables

From: Lower suicide intention in patients with personality disorders admitted for deliberate self-poisoning than in patients with other diagnoses

(N = 117)

F60-69 personality disorder (n = 25)

Other diagnoses (F30-39 affective disorders, F10-19 substance use disorders, F40-49 anxiety disorders and unknown psychiatric diagnoses combined)

p value

Male

16%

34%

 

Female

84%

66%

0.087

Mean age, years (SD)

34.6 (11.6)

40.2 (15.4)

0.099a

Living alone

30%

70%

0.111

Educational level

 Elementary school

40%

44%

0.772

 College

36%

29%

 Higher education/University

24%

28%

Previously hospitalized with DSP

29%

71%

0.047*

Contact with health care services because of any DSH last week before current episodeb

65%

36%

0.015*

Previous self-poisoning

 No

12%

37%

0.71

 Once

20%

22%

 2–3 times

40%

27%

 4 times or more

28%

14%

Previous cutting

 No

37%

59%

0.023*

 Once

16%

12%

 2–3 times

11%

 4 times or more

47%

18%

  1. The numbers in the table vary from 113 to 117 due to missing responses on single questions
  2. * Significant p-value
  3. aIndependent samples t test, the other p values are calculated from a Chi-square test
  4. bNot all the columns in the Chi-square test are displayed here, only less than 1 week category