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. 2009 Sep 1;32(9):1229–1235. doi: 10.1093/sleep/32.9.1229

Supplementary Table B.

Clinical and Biological Characteristics of Narcoleptics with Long Night Time Sleep (Total Night Time Sleep During the Second Night > 10 Hours) Compared with Patients with Narcolepsy without Long Night Time Sleep, Idiopathic Hypersomnia with Long Night Time Sleep and Controls

Patients Narcolepsy with long night time sleep Narcolepsy without long night time sleep Idiopathic hypersomnia with long night time sleep Controls
Number 12 28 25 20
Age, y 23.8 ± 6.7 31.2 ± 10.1 * 29.6 ± 12.5 29.4 ± 8.7 *
Body mass index, kg/m2 24.1 ± 5.0 24.8 ± 6.1 23.2 ± 3.6 23.9 ± 4.8
Women, % 67 50 72 65
Hypnagogic hallucinations, % 64 68 32 10 *
Sleep paralysis, % 36 47 37 0 *
Non refreshing naps, % 50 60 59 0 *
Sleep drunkenness, % 60 42 72 0 *
Clear-cut cataplexy, % 18 46 0 * 0 *
HLA DQB1*0602 positive, % 50 52 30 10 *
Core narcolepsy, % 8 29 NA NA
Epworth Sleepiness score (0–24) 15.1 ± 2.1 17.1 ± 3.4 15.1 ± 4.5 5.8 ± 2.0 *
Fatigue Severity Score (0–70) 48.9 ± 8.3 55.1 ± 6.3 51.1 ± 10.7 31.6 ± 9.2 *
Pichot Fatigue Score (0–32) 27.4 ± 7.1 27.2 ± 7.2 24.9 ± 9.0 11.0 ± 3.5 *
HAD anxiety (0–21) 9.1 ± 6.1 10.7 ± 4.0 9.5 ± 4.5 5.6 ± 3.3
HAD depression (0–21) 6.9 ± 2.7 5.2 ± 2.8 6.4 ± 5.0 3.9 ± 2.8 *
Horne-Ostberg score 48.2 ± 7.6 46.1 ± 14.7 39.3 ± 13.4 * 54.8 ± 7.6

Core narcolepsy: simultaneous presence of clear-cut cataplexy and HLA DQB1*0602 positivity, which yields a 88-93% sensitivity for hypocretin deficiency.

*

P<0.05 for a difference between narcolepsy with long sleep time, HLA: human leukocyte antigen; HAD: score at the hospital anxiety and depression scale