Akhtar S, Byrne J P, Doghramji K
J Clin Psychiatry. 1986 Apr;47(4):196-8.
In a survey of borderline personality disorder, 23 studies that included data on age, sex, or race of the patient samples were identified. Comparison of patients who had borderline personality disorder with control groups in these studies revealed that a significant preponderance of patients with the disorder were young, white, and female. This finding cannot be considered conclusive because data were pooled from studies with questionable sampling techniques. Yet, this demographic profile warrants confirmation because it may imply diagnostic biases or actual differences in the prevalence of borderline personality disorder among various groups.
在一项关于边缘型人格障碍的调查中，共确定了23项包含患者样本年龄、性别或种族数据的研究。在这些研究中，将边缘型人格障碍患者与对照组进行比较后发现，患有该障碍的患者显著多为年轻、白人且女性。由于数据是从抽样技术存疑的研究中汇总而来，这一发现不能被视为结论性的。然而，这一人口统计学特征值得确认，因为它可能意味着诊断偏差或边缘型人格障碍在不同群体中的患病率存在实际差异。
