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. 2016 Nov 15;11(11):e0163010. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163010

Table 5. Comparison between the smartphone addicted and non-addicted groups according to the proposed diagnostic criteria for smartphone addiction.

Addict group (N = 65) Non-addict group (N = 216) p-value
Age, year (mean (SD)) 20.7 (1.4) 20.9 (1.6) 0.301
Gender, Male/Female 53/12 180/36 0.736
Frequent users 9 45 0.210
Non-frequent users 56 171
Time spent on smartphone of non-frequent users, hours per week (mean (SD)) 26.3 (17.3) 21.4 (14.2) 0.035
Duration of owning a smartphone, months (mean (SD)) 30.6 (17.7) 27.4 (19.3) 0.224

Frequent users: participants thought that their smartphone use pattern was too frequent to assess the total duration; SD: Standard deviation.