Body self-evaluation and physical scars in patients with borderline personality disorder: an observational study

Table 2 Parameter estimates from the hierarchical linear model predicting the evaluation of body areas from diagnoses and the presence of scars

Effect	Parameter estimate ± Standard error	t	p
Intercept	−0.0248 ± -0.1077	−0.23	0.818
Covariates
Age	−0.0019 ± 0.0030	−0.63	0.529
Total number of scars	−0.0443 ± 0.2054	−0.22	0.829
Main effects
Presence of a scar	−0.1051 ± 0.0569	−1.85	0.067
Diagnosis of BPD	−0.2641 ± 0.0639	−4.13	< 0.001
Diagnosis of PTSD	−0.2831 ± 0.0664	−4.26	< 0.001
Diagnosis of other anxiety disorders (AD)	−0.0221 ± 0.0611	−0.36	0.718
Interactions
(Presence of a scar)*(Diagnosis of BPD)	−0.1387 ± 0.0639	−2.17	0.032
(Presence of a scar)*(Diagnosis of PTSD)	0.0909 ± 0.0640	1.42	0.159
(Presence of a scar)*(Diagnosis of other AD)	0.0108 ± 0.0633	0.17	0.865

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