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Table 1 A comparison of demographic factors in PD patients and late-onset personality pathology patients

From: Lasting personality pathology following exposure to severe trauma in adulthood: retrospective cohort study

Variable

PD patients N = 112

Late-onset PD N = 65

Mean or proportion difference (95% CI of the difference)

P-value

Age - Mean (SD)

44.18 (10.16)

46.51 (8.37)

2.33 (−0.61 to 5.27)

0.12

Gender N (%)

 Male

63 (56.3.)

55 (84.6.)

0.28 (0.15 to 0.40)

< 0.001

 Female

49 (43.8)

10 (15.4)

Ethnicity N (%)a

 Croatian

108 (96.4)

63 (96.9)

0.01 (− 0.07 to 0.06)

1.00

 Other

4 (3.6)

2 (3.1)

Education (%)

 No qualifications

11 (9.8)

4 (6.2)

0.04 (−0.06 to 0.12)

0.43

 A levels/vocational

78 (69.6)

51 (78.5)

0.09 (−0.05 to 0.21)

 University

23 (20.5)

10 (15.4)

0.05 (−0.07 to 0.16)

Marital status N (%)

 Single

27 (24.1)

10 (15.4)

0.09(−0.04 to 0.20)

0.002

 Married/with partner

65 (58.0)

53 (81.5)

0.24 (0.09 to 0.35)

 Divorced/separated/widow

20 (17.9)

2 (3.1)

0.15 (0.05 to 0.23)

Recruitment area N (%)a

 Outpatient

106 (94.6)

64 (98.5)

0.04 (− 0.03 to 0.10)

0.43

 Inpatients

6 (5.4)

1 (1.5)

  1. a Analysis using Fisher’s exact test