Table 1 Baseline charcteristics.

From: The effect of sleep and its restriction on selected inflammatory parameters

 

All

Non-active

Active

p

N, %

77

50, 64.9

27, 35.1

–

Age (years, median, IQR)

24 (22–26)

24 (22–26)

23 (22–25)

0.441

BMI (kg/m2, mean, SD)

22.8 ± 2.7

22.8 ± 2.5

22.9 ± 2.9

0.863

Women (n, %)

40, 51.9

25, 50.0

15, 55.6

0.642

Smoking (n, %)

9, 11.7

6, 12.0

3, 11.1

1.000

Surgical operations (n, %)

27, 38.6

18, 36.0

9, 33.3

0.815

Higher education (n, %)

36, 46.8

21, 42.0

15, 55.6

0.432

sleep time before PSG (h, median, IQR)

7.0 (6.0–7.5)

7.0 (6.0–7.0)

7.0 (6.5–7.5)

0.662

sleep efficiency before PSG (%, median, IQR)

87.3 (80.0–94.1)

86.0 (77.8–90.9)

89.7 (82.5–95.7)

0.099

Sleep latencies time before PSG (min, median, IQR)

10.0 (5.0–20.0)

15.0 (7.5–20.0)

7.8 (5.0–15.0)

0.027

TST in PSG (min, median, IQR)

407.0 (358.0–471.5)

410.5 (360.0–471.5)

395.0 (337.0–476.0)

0.539

Sleep latencies in PSG (min, median, IQR)

35.5 (22.0–60.0)

37.5 (23.0–61.5)

33.5 (19.5–59.0)

0.575

Sleep efficiency in PSG (%, mean, SD)

77.8 ± 11

78.1 ± 10.4

77.2 ± 12.2

0.727

REM duration in PSG as TST % (%, mean, SD)

23.1 ± 8.0

25.2 ± 8.2

22.0 ± 7.8

0.320

NREM duration in PSG as TST % (%, mean, SD)

78.0 ± 8.3

76.0 ± 8.3

79.1 ± 8.2

0.070

AHI (apnea–hypopnea/h, median, IQR)

0.9 (0.5–1.7)

0.86 (0.43–1.6)

1.1 (0.5–1.9)

0.408

Average saturation (%, median, IQR)

96.0 (96.0–97.0)

96.0 (96.0–97.0)

96.0 (96.0–97.0)

0.160

Oxygen desaturation index (episodes/h, median, IQR)

0.4 (0.2–0.9)

0.3 (0.2–0.8)

0.5 (0.1–1.1)

0.540

Desaturation < 90% as TST % (%, median, IQR)

0.0 (0.0–12.3)

0.0 (0.0–10.1)

0.0 (0.0–12.7)

0.898

PLM index (episodes/h, median, IQR)

0.5 (0.2–1.0)

0.4 (0.2–0.8)

0.7 (0.2–1.3)

0.175

Arousal index (episodes/h, median, IQR)

6.2 (4.5–8.7)

5.5 (4.2–7.4)

6.7 (4.5–8.8)

0.247

Movement in deprivation (median, IQR)

334.9 (259.5–424.9)

281.0 (244.5–324.8)

443.8 (403.0–481.8)

 < 0.001

Time in the dark in deprivation (min, median, IQR)

344.0 (244.0–544.0)

464.5 (251.0–587.0)

312.0 (221.0–432.0)

0.020

Movement in deprivation, last hour (median, IQR)

394.1 (282.6–543.5)

378.7 (276.5–523.5)

422.5 (325.1–588.0)

0.356

Movement in deprivation, last two hours (median, IQR)

388.7 (297.9–522.1)

361.6 (286.0–522.1)

423.3 (367.1–540.2)

0.108

  1. AHI apnea/hypopnea index, BMI body mass index, IQR interquartile range, n: number of participants, NREM non-rapid eye movement, PLM periodic limb movement, PSG polysomnography, REM rapid eye movement, SD standard deviation, TST total sleep time.
  2. Significant values are in bold.