Anterior cingulate cortex and insula response during indirect and direct processing of emotional faces in generalized social anxiety disorder

Table 1 Group characteristics (Mean ± SD)

	gSAD (n = 29)	HC (n = 27)	t (df = 56)	p
Age (years)	24.9 ± 6.3	24.9 ± 5.9	0.02	0.99
Gender	18 F/11 M	15 F/12 M
Race/Ethnicity	6Asa/3AA/2H/18C	3Asa/1AA/0H/23C
Social Anxiety Severity	77.3 ± 15.4	7.8 ± 6.3	21.69	<0.001
State Anxiety Level	42.9 ± 8.6	24.0 ± 5.4	9.72	<0.001
Trait Anxiety Level	49.1 ± 8.4	26.6 ± 4.0	12.69	<0.001
Depression Level	12.0 ± 7.9	0.67 ± 1.0	7.41	<0.001

gSAD, Generalized Social Anxiety Disorder participants.
HC, Healthy Control participants.
F, Female.
M, Male.
Asa, Asian American; AA, African American; H, Hispanic; C, Caucasian.
Social anxiety severity measured with the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale.
State and trait anxiety levels measured with the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.
Depression level measured with the Beck Depression Inventory.

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