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. 2023 May 2;46(8):zsad129. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsad129

Table 3.

Ninetieth and 95th Percentiles of LMMs Indices and Durations in TST, NREM and REM Sleep

LMM index (per hour) and corresponding mean LMM duration (seconds) TST NREM REM
Percentile 90th 95th 90th 95th 90th 95th
Total LMM index 15.0 17.6 15.7 18.1 17.9 21.4
Mean duration 16.5 17.6 17.6 18.4 16.2 16.9
 LMM not associated to any event 2.8 3.2 2.9 3.2 3.7 5.0
 Mean duration 10.2 12.0 10.2 12.6 9.7 11.4
 LMM associated with arousals or awakenings 12.1 14.1 13.2 14.7 15.3 19.1
 Mean duration 18.0 20.2 18.9 20.6 17.0 19.5
  LMM associated with arousals or awakenings, without respiratory events 10.6 11.9 11.1 12.6 11.5 13.4
  Mean duration 18.9 20.7 19.1 20.7 18.1 20.7
  LMM associated with arousals 8.2 8.9 8.4 9.9 11.2 14.3
  Mean duration 12.8 13.8 13.1 14.4 13.1 14.8
   LMM associated with arousals, without respiratory events 6.2 7.2 6.4 7.3 8.8 10.0
   Mean duration 12.9 14.2 13.2 14.5 13.0 14.9
  LMM associated with awakenings 4.4 5.8 4.6 6.1 4.9 5.6
  Mean duration, mean (SD) 23.5 24.4 23.9 25.4 25.7 29.2
   LMM associated with awakenings, without respiratory events 4.1 5.3 4.4 5.9 4.5 5.4
   Mean duration, mean (SD) 23.5 24.2 23.9 24.6 25.8 29.8
 LMM associated with respiratory events 3.2 4.2 2.7 4.4 4.6 7.2
 Mean duration 18.9 20.8 20.8 24.2 14.7 15.7
  LMM associated with respiratory events, without arousals or awakenings 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.1 1.1
  Mean duration, mean (SD) 12.6 13.7 11.8 13.4 12.9 13.2
  LMM associated with respiratory events and arousals 2.3 3.3 2.0 3.4 3.5 5.0
  Mean duration 19.1 21.2 20.2 22.7 14.3 17.6
  LMM associated with respiratory events and awakenings 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.2
  Mean duration, mean (SD) 25.2 31.3 29.9 31.7 28.7 33.9

LMM, Large muscle group movements; NREM, Non-rapid eye movements; REM, Rapid eye movement.