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Table 1 Sample description

From: The biosocial correlates and predictors of emotion dysregulation in autistic adults compared to borderline personality disorder and nonclinical controls

 

Global

ASC

BPD

NC

n (%)

724 (100%)

154 (21%)

111 (15%)

459 (63%)

Mean age (SD)

27.77 (10.32)

32.62 (12.05)

28.64 (8.97)

25.92 (9.43)

Age range

18–65

18–61

18–62

18–65

Gender n (%)

 Woman

520 (72%)

89 (58%)

87 (78%)

344 (75%)

 Man

147 (20%)

46 (30%)

15 (14%)

86 (19%)

 Non-binary

57 (8%)

19 (12%)

9 (8%)

29 (6%)

Marital status, n (%)

 Single

365 (50%)

83 (54%)

54 (49%)

228 (50%)

 Married/in relationship

340 (47%)

62 (40%)

53 (48%)

225 (49%)

 Divorced/widow

19 (3%)

9 (6%)

4 (4%)

6 (1%)

Professional status, n (%)

 Professionnaly active

184 (25%)

45 (29%)

39 (35%)

100 (22%)

 Student

475 (66%)

76 (49%)

50 (45%)

349 (76%)

 Unemployed

61 (8%)

33 (21%)

21 (19%)

7 (2%)

 Retired

4 (1%)

0 (0%)

1 (1%)

3 (1%)

Educational status, n (%)

 High School degree or less

160 (22%)

37 (24%)

37 (33%)

86 (19%)

 College graduate

564 (78%)

117 (76%)

74 (67%)

373 (81%)

Living situation, n (%)

 Alone

252 (35%)

56 (36%)

45 (41%)

151 (39%)

 Alone with children

20 (3%)

6 (4%)

6 (5%)

8 (2%)

 With parents

169 (23%)

33 (21%)

23 (21%)

113 (29%)

 Flatsharing

89 (12%)

15 (10%)

7 (6%)

67 (17%)

 With partner with or without children

194 (27%)

44 (29%)

30 (27%)

49 (13%)

With other psychiatric and/or developmental diagnoses, n (%)

205 (28%)

109 (71%)

96 (86%)

0 (0%)

 ADHD

79 (11%)

52 (34%)

27 (24%)

0 (0%)

Current psychotropic medication, n (%)

172 (24%)

63 (41%)

79 (71%)

30 (7%)