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. 2023 Apr 14;20(8):5509. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20085509

Table 2.

Sleep characteristics comparison.

SIT Group (n = 15) Non-SIT Group (n = 14) p-Value Effect Size
Mean (Std) Mean (Std)
Total sleep time (TST, in min) 385.63 (46.37) 408.35 (61.11) 0.23
Wake time after sleep onset (WASO, in min) 59.31 (35.32) 68.79 (38.72) 0.6
Sleep latency (min) 16.13 (18.71) 18.45 (16.83) 0.33
REM sleep latency (min) 120.87 (44.89) 118.68 (54.67) 0.66
Total Bruxism (number of episodes per hour) 13.05 (4.14) 15.85 (5.29) 0.14 −0.571
Phasic Bruxism (number of episodes per hour) 1.72 (0.69) 1.88 (0.85) 0.61
Tonic Bruxism (number of episodes per hour) 3.02 (1.81) 4.53 (2.17) 0.06 −0.733
Mixed Bruxism (number of episodes per hour) 0.77 (0.44) 0.93 (0.39) 0.31
Apnea Hypopnea Index (AHI) (*) 14.19 (10.58) 14.0 (10.1) 0.91
Oxygen Desaturation Index (ODI) 12.77 (10.16) 13.37 (8.71) 0.79
% TST Duration (min) % TST Duration (min) For % TST Duration (min) For % TST Duration (min)
N1 sleep (%, min) 7.2 (2.79) 27.55 (9.71) 5.68 (2.74) 22.05 (7.85) 0.13 0.1 0.53 0.6
N2 sleep (%, min) 53.87 (10.79) 209.04 (53.31) 44.74 (6.5) 184.34 (44.87) 0.01 * 0.2 0.98
N3 sleep (%, min) 22.93 (10.97) 86.45 (35.18) 28.52 (5.88) 114.89 (22.8) <0.01 ** <0.01 ** −0.61 −0.92
REM sleep (%, min) 15.93 (5.84) 62.13 (25.46) 21.08 (4.66) 87.18 (26.5) 0.04 * 0.04 * −0.94 −0.93
Snoring (%, min) 20.23 (15.45) 74.75 (54.26) 19.08 (19.19) 72.46 (72.29) 0.66 0.65
Supine position (%, min) 45.33 (33.81) 185.18 (149.91) 30.86 (24.89) 127.4 (105.41) 0.25 0.37
Lateral position (%, min) 48.47 (31.79) 178.9 (114.28) 56.29 (27.42) 223.7 (108.22) 0.53 0.31
Prone position (%, min) 4.46 (8.82) 18.61 (36.32) 10.43 (18.07) 45.95 (81.85) 0.16 0.15

Std: standard deviation, REM: Rapid Eye Movement, TST: total sleep time. (*): For AHI, SIT: n = 13, Non-SIT: n = 11. *: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01.