Characterizing psychopharmacological prescribing practices in a large cohort of adolescents with borderline personality disorder

Table 1 Demographic characteristics for patients with borderline personality disorder with and without psychiatric medications between ages 10–19

	Total Overall (N = 2950)		No Medications (N = 1038)		Any Medications (N = 1912)		≥ 2 medications (N = 1514)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Girl	2403	81.46	814	33.87	1589	66.13	1256	79.04
Boy	544	18.44	224	41.18	320	58.82	257	80.31
Not reported	3	0.10	0	0.00	3	100.00	1	33.33
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native	11	0.37	3	27.27	8	72.73	8	100.00
Asian	35	1.19	13	37.14	22	62.86	17	77.27
Black or African American	661	22.41	226	34.19	435	65.81	364	83.68
Multiracial	14	0.47	4	28.57	10	71.43	10	100.00
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	82	2.78	13	15.85	69	84.15	51	73.91
White	1456	49.36	510	35.03	946	64.97	751	79.39
Asked but unknown	1	0.03	0	0.00	1	100.00	1	100.00
Not reported	690	23.39	269	38.99	421	61.01	312	74.11
Ethnicity
Latinx	445	15.08	146	32.81	299	67.19	232	77.59
Not Latinx	1010	34.24	263	26.04	747	73.96	633	84.74
Asked but unknown	1	0.03	0	0.00	1	100.00	1	100.00
Not reported	1494	50.64	628	42.03	866	57.97	648	74.83

% for No Medications and Medication are % overall (out of total overall), whereas ≥ 2 medication % is out of number of people with medications
Ex. No medication % = 814/2403 = 33.87%; Any Medication % = 1589/2403 = 66.13%
Ex. ≥ 2 medications % = 1256/1589 = 79.04%

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