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. 2008 Dec 3;89(1):126–133. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26574

TABLE 2.

Average sleep duration and architecture during each study period1

8.5-h bedtime 5.5-h bedtime Change 5.5–8.5-h bedtime
Total sleep time (h:min) 7:13 ± 0:26 5:11 ± 0:07 −2:02 ± 0:25
Lights-off time (h:min) 23:16 ± 00:39 0:31 ± 00:49 1:19 ± 0:25
Wakeup time (h:min) 7:42 ± 00:39 6:02 ± 00:49 −1:39 ± 0:24
Sleep onset latency (min) 20 ± 9 8 ± 3 −12 ± 8
Wake after sleep onset (min) 61 ± 24 14 ± 6 −46 ± 22
Sleep efficiency (%) 85 ± 5 94 ± 2 9 ± 5
Stage 1 sleep (min) 30 ± 15 16 ± 6 −14 ± 15
Stage 2 sleep (min) 246 ± 40 177 ± 44 −69 ± 29
Stages 3 + 4 sleep (min) 51 ± 37 45 ± 36 −6 ± 16
REM sleep (min) 106 ± 23 74 ± 22 −32 ± 22
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All values are group means ± SD (n = 11). REM, rapid eye movement. P < 0.01 for all paired t test comparisons, except for stage 1 sleep (P = 0.01) and stages 3 + 4 sleep (P = 0.23).