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Table 2 Sleep characteristics (11 subjects)

From: Sound level intensity severely disrupts sleep in ventilated ICU patients throughout a 24-h period: a preliminary 24-h study of sleep stages and associated sound levels

Sleep values

24-h night and day sleep

Day (08h00–22h00)

Night (22h00–08h00)

Day vs. night p

TST, min

502.2 [283.2–718.9]

168.5 [142.5–243.3]

356.9 [188.6–590.9]

0.001

N1, min

112.1 [41.2–155.1]

32.1 [6.9–38.8]

98.2 [29.3–123.1]

0.002

N1, %TST

22.3 [14.6–30.7]

17.3 [4.6–21.7]

21.5 [7.5–28.5]

NS

N2, min

315.2 [242.1–480.3]

125.5 [52.3–144.7]

233.0 [143.3–364.0]

0.002

N2, %TST

62.7 [54.2–77.3]

68.7 [64.2–78.3]

62.1 [55.4–69.6]

NS

N3, min

55.2 [0–81.5]

23.5 [0–81.5]

39.7 [0–98.8]

NS

N3, %TST

9.0 [0–19.7]

3.5 [0–22.6]

6.5 [0–23.6]

NS

REM, min

20.1 [0–41.1]

5.3 [0–15.1]

19.8 [0–0.38]

0.04

REM, %TST

4.0 [0–9.7]

1.5 [0–3.9]

3.9 [0–10.1]

NS

Arousals, n/h

20 [6–32.6]

2 [0–16.6]

20 [8–22.7]

0.03

  1. Data are median [interquartile range], TST = total sleep time, REM = rapid eye movement sleep, N1, N2, N3 = non-REM slow wave sleep stage N1, N2 and N3