Research Article

Altered Default Mode Network and Salience Network Functional Connectivity in Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorders: An ICA-Based Resting-State fMRI Study

Table 1

Characteristics of GAD patients and healthy controls (x ± s).

Liver stagnation transforming into fire type (n = 31)Stagnation of liver-Qi syndrome type (n = 20)Healthy controls (n = 20)

Men/women15/1610/1010/10
Age (years)30.7 ± 4.730.9 ± 3.829.4 ± 5.9
Education level (years)16.3 ± 2.616.6 ± 2.416.5 ± 3.3
Cause of disease (months)8.7 ± 2.18.8 ± 2.60
HAMA scale score18.17 ± 2.5217.87 ± 2.001.20 ± 0.90