Table 1 Descriptive statistics of sleep and activity measures derived from accelerometer data

From: Genetic studies of accelerometer-based sleep measures yield new insights into human sleep behaviour

Measure

Mean

S.D.

Min

Max

N

L5 timing (hours from previous midnight)

27.32

1.07

12.29

35.35

85,830

M10 timing (hours from previous midnight)

13.70

1.21

0.26

23.44

85,723

Sleep midpoint (hours from previous midnight)

26.99

0.91

16.25

31.98

85,502

Sleep duration mean (hours)

7.30

0.86

3.00

11.87

85,502

Sleep duration (SD; (hours))

0.93

0.57

0.00

7.26

85,068

Sleep efficiency (%)

76.18

7.18

28.74

100.00

85,502

Number of sleep episodes

17.25

3.59

5.14

29.86

85,502

Diurnal inactivity duration

0.97

0.68

0

9.21

85,502

  1. Units for the midpoint of the least-active 5  h (L5), midpoint of most-active 10  h (M10), sleep duration, sleep duration variation (SD), sleep midpoint and diurnal inactivity are in hours. Sleep efficiency is a ratio and number of sleep episodes is a count