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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and behavioral information for IGD and HC groups

From: Decreased functional connectivity between ventral tegmental area and nucleus accumbens in Internet gaming disorder: evidence from resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging

 

IGD (n = 35)

HC (n = 24)

t/Mann–Whitney U/χ2

Age

22.46 ± 2.21

23.13 ± 2.09

−1.16

CIAS

76.23 ± 7.67

45.79 ± 9.61

13.51***

Time spent on Internet gaming

23.77 ± 12.01

1.07 ± 0.45n

−6.58 a,***

Craving

30.83 ± 7.48

13.42 ± 6.82

9.10***

Anxiety

5.40 ± 4.88

3.04 ± 3.16

4.15*

Depression

7.67 ± 5.65

2.96 ± 2.99

2.25***

Alcohol use

28

18

0.21b

Smoking

5

0

3.75b

Mean FD

0.12 ± 0.04

0.11 ± 0.05

1.32

  1. Mean ± SD are shown
  2. Mean FD: the frame-wise displacement (FD) of head position
  3. CIAS the score of Chinese Internet Addiction Scale
  4. *** p < 0.001, * p < 0.05
  5. nThere were only 7 of 24 HCs playing internet games
  6. aMann–Whitney U test
  7. bChi-square test
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