Investigation and analysis of personality characteristics of primary palmar hyperhidrosis patients: a cross-sectional observational study

Table 4 Positive rate of the PDQ-4 subscales and total score for PPH patients

PDQ-4 subscale	All patients % (N = 791)	Male % (N = 402)	Female % (N = 389)	X²	P value
Paranoid	19.60	21.89	17.22	2.733	0.098
Schizoid	17.57	20.65	14.40	5.333	0.021
Schizotypal	2.28	1.49	3.08	2.254	0.133
Histrionic	15.04	14.68	15.42	0.086	0.769
Narcissistic	9.61	12.44	6.68	7.537	0.006
Borderline	5.56	4.48	6.68	1.832	0.176
Antisocial	4.17	6.22	2.06	8.567	0.003
Avoidant	25.03	23.63	26.48	0.853	0.356
Dependent	2.78	2.74	2.83	0.006	0.938
Obsessive	31.61	34.58	28.53	3.339	0.068
Total	16.18	17.16	15.17	0.581	0.446

PPH primary palmar hyperhidrosis, PDQ-4 Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire—Version 4, Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal, Histrionic, Narcissistic, Borderline, Antisocial, Avoidant, Dependent, Obsessive: ten main subtypes of personality disorders in DSM-IV. X² Chi-squared test, X² value; N sample size, Total total score of ten PDQ-4 subscale scores

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