Table 3.
Respiratory Rate During Sleep Stage N1, N2, N3, and REM, According to Tanner Stage.
| Respiratory Rate (breaths/min) | Tanner Stage |
P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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| Stage N1 | 17.7 ± 2.3 | 17.2 ± 1.9 | 16.7 ± 2.1 | 18.0 ± 3.1 | 16.5 ± 2 | 0.38 |
| Stage N2 | 16.0 ± 1.9 | 17.1 ± 1.8 | 16.1 ± 1.8 | 16.3 ± 2.8 | 15.5 ± 1.9 | 0.43 |
| Stage N3 | 16.6 ± 1.9 | 17.7 ± 1.8 | 16.7 ± 2.3 | 17.1 ± 2.7 | 16.6 ± 2.3 | 0.75 |
| Stage R | 16.3 ± 1.4 | 17.9 ± 1.7 | 15.9 ± 2.3 | 17.5 ± 3.1 | 16.6 ± 2.1 | 0.24 |
Values are displayed as mean ± SD. There were no significant differences in respiratory rate between the different Tanner stages.