Table 2.
Associations between background factors and internet gaming disorder (N=305).
| Independent variables | Internet gaming disorder, ORca (95% CI) | ||
| Age | 0.92 (0.81-1.05) | ||
| Place of residence | |||
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Chengdu | 1.0 (reference group) | |
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Other cities | 1.07 (0.50-2.26) | |
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Not reported | 7.56 (0.95-58.40) | |
| Study major | |||
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Arts | 1.0 (reference group) | |
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Business | 1.11 (0.36-3.50) | |
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Science | 1.20 (0.53-2.74) | |
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Others | 1.23 (0.31-4.92) | |
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Not reported | 1.38 (0.34-5.54) | |
| Year of study | |||
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Year 1 | 1.0 (reference group) | |
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Year 2 | 0.70 (0.24-2.03) | |
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Year 3 | 0.78 (0.28-2.18) | |
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Year 4 or final year | 0.23 (0.06-0.86)* | |
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Not reported | 0.58 (0.18-1.90) | |
| Average monthly expenditure (¥) | |||
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≤2000 (about US $330) | 1.0 (reference group) | |
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>2000 | 1.03 (0.49-2.19) | |
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Not reported | 0.86 (0.10-7.12) | |
aORc: crude odds ratio.
*P<.05.