TABLE 1

Differences between Groups of Attempters

Variables BPD Other PDs MDD Test p<

(N = 41) (N = 81) (N = 81)
Women 75.6% 52.1% 59.3% X22 = 6.92 .05*
Age – M(SD) 30.93 ± 9.16 42.50±10.53 44.99±11.23 F(2, 236) = .001**
25.49
Marital status X24=30.05 .001**
Single 75.6% 37.6% 30.9%
Married 19.5% 30.8% 46.9%
Divorced or 4.9% 31.6% 22.2%
widowed
Job status X22 = 1.78 .41
Retired, not 24.4% 16.2% 22.2%
able to work,
or
unemployed
Other 75.6% 83.8% 77.8%
Low social 41.5% 47.9% 59.3% X22 = 4.15 .13
support
Poor 12.2% 3.4% 7.4% X22 = 4.24 .12
financial
situation
School 41.5% 53.8% 66.7% X22 = 7.48 .05*
attainment 8
years or less
History of 60.0% 40.2% 35.0% X22 = 7.10 .05*
mental
illness in
family
member
Onset of the 90.2% 36.8% 14.8% X22 = 65.71 .001**
depressive
illness <25
years
Alcohol use 39.0% 23.1% 13.6% X22 = 10.11 .01**
disorders
Substance 53.7% 19.7% 4.9% X22 = 39.74 .001**
use disorders
Current 26.8% 27.4% 37.0% X22 = 2.44 .30
suicide
attempt :
violent
methods
Repeaters 46.3% 26.5% 8.6% X22 = 22.19 .001**
Lifetime 31.7% 7.7% 1.2% X22 = 30.05 .001**
aggressive
behaviors
Note. Benjamini and Hochberg (1995) correction for multitesting: *p < .05; **p < .01.

MDD, major depressive disorder; PD, personality disorder; BPD, borderline personality
disorder.
TABLE 2

Multinominal Logistic Regression Analysis (MDD Controls as the Reference Category)

Diagnosis 95% CI for OR

OR Lower Bound Upper Bound p<
Attempters
with comorbid
MDD and BPD
Intercept - - - .25
Age 0.95 0.89 1.02 .14
Repeaters 6.92 1.85 25.91 .01
Alcohol use 9.78 2.53 37.84 .001
disorders
School 0.30 0.10 0.92 .05
attainment 8
years or less
Women 2.64 0.72 9.64 .14
Single2 1.61 0.39 6.68 .51
Onset of 10.57 2.03 55.07 .01
depressive
illness <25
years
Substance use 9.63 2.16 42.85 .01
disorders
Lifetime 50.43 4.01 634.88 .01
aggressive
behaviors
History of 1.00 0.33 3.07 1.00
mental illness
in the family
members
Attempters
with comorbid
MDD and other
PDs
Intercept - - - .56
Age 0.99 0.96 1.03 .73
Repeaters 3.84 1.48 0.92 .01
Alcohol abuse 2.61 1.09 6.30 .05
School 0.46 0.24 0.91 .05
attainment 8
years or les
Women 0.70 0.35 1.41 .32
Single2 0.80 0.37 1.74 .57
Onset of 3.19 1.23 8.24 .05
depressive
illness <
25years
Substance 3.21 0.96 10.70 .06
abuse
Lifetime 9.72 1.10 85.62 .05
aggressive
behaviors
History of 0.91 0.46 1.79 .78
mental illness
in the family
members

Note. BIC, Bayesian information criterion; MDD, major deppresive disorder; PD, persoanlity
disorder; BPD, borderline personality disorder. Values in bold are significant at p < .05.

Final model fitting statistics: LR x220 = 135.11 ; p< .001; BIC = 450.71 (intercept only BIC =
476.15); - 2LL = 330.11 (intercept only -2LL = 465.22); Nagelkerke R2 = .50.
a
Due to the low numbers of individuals in some subgroups, in this analysis, the categories
married and widowed or divorced were collapsed.