The impact of sex on brain responses to smoking cues: a perfusion fMRI study

Table 2 Craving and withdrawal questionnaire items

	Females	Males	p
1) How calm are you right now?	−0.15 ± 0.99	0.00 ± 1.32	0.67
2) How content do you feel right now?	0.15 ± 0.99	−0.16 ± 0.93	0.26
3) How much do you desire a cigarette right now?	1.00 ± 1.81	0.97 ± 1.08	0.94
4) How much do you need to smoke right now for relief?	0.55 ± 1.67	1.03 ± 1.28	0.25
5) How interested were you in the video you just watched?	3.40 ± 1.88	3.42 ± 1.95	0.97

For items 1–7, scores were generated from the difference between pre-smoking cue exposure to post-smoking cue exposure. Each item was inserted into the phrase “On a scale from 1 to 7….. with 1 corresponding to Not at all and 7 corresponding to Extremely”.

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