Research Article

Different Resting-State Functional Connectivity Alterations in Smokers and Nonsmokers with Internet Gaming Addiction

Table 1

Demographic and personality characteristics of the three groups.

Smokers with IGA ( = 29)Nonsmoker with IGA ( = 22)HCs ( = 30) value
( value)
1-21-32-3
(Mean ± SD)(Mean ± SD)(Mean ± SD)

Age (years)22.14 ± 2.5421 ± 2.3320.80 ± 2.912.08
(0.132)
Education (years)10.17 ± 1.9111.00 ± 1.3710.5 ± 2.181.251
(0.29)
Chen Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS)78.69 ± 7.6174.55 ± 8.9841.60 ± 9.15157.59
(<0.001)
0.08<0.001<0.001
Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS)56.38 ± 12.5449.09 ± 9.2446.37 ± 10.426.49
(0.002)
0.0630.0020.99
Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS)58.07 ± 9.7052.36 ± 9.9347.76 ± 8.429.26
(<0.001)
0.094<0.0010.24
Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11)63.41 ± 9.3661.41 ± 8.4347.77 ± 6.8128.62
(<0.001)
0.9<0.001<0.001
FTND6.51 ± 2.11

SD: standard deviation; HC: healthy controls; IGA: Internet gaming addiction; FTND: Fagerstrom Test of Nicotine Dependence.
1-2 for smokers with IGA group versus nonsmokers with IGA group, 1-3 for smokers with IGA group versus HC group.
2-3 for nonsmokers with IGA group versus HC group.