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Plasma concentrations of 150 phospholipid species from eight classes\u2014phosphatidylinositol (PI), PI3P, PI4P, PI(3,5)P\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    , PI(4,5)P\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    , phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylcholine (PC), and PIP\n                    <jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\n                    \u2014were quantified in 34 Japanese adolescents (mean \u00b1 SD age = 16.4 \u00b1 0.5 y) using targeted LC-MS\/MS with isotopic internal standards. Internet addiction severity was assessed by the 20-item Internet Addiction Test (IAT; range 0\u2013100). Associations between lipid species and IAT scores were examined using linear regression adjusted for sex, with false-discovery-rate (FDR) correction for multiple testing. Several PE and PC species showed significant associations with IAT. 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