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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2008 Nov-Dec;37(6):657–665. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2008.00292.x

Table 3.

State Development over PMA Groups (Mean (SD)) (n = 285 video recordings)

Postmenstrual Age (weeks)
Total 31-32 33-34 35-36 37-38 39-40
Observations (n) 285 6 125 116 35 3
Range of states
 Quiet sleep (%) 0.56 (2.96) 0.00 0.35 (1.90) 0.97 (4.16) 0.14 (0.74) 0.00
 Active sleep (%) 85.02 (15.67) 88.75 (9.22) 84.93 (14.75) 84.75 (17.19) 84.52 (15.16) 97.85 (0.66)
 Drowsy (%) 11.50 (12.96) 9.84 (7.24) 12.17 (12.27) 10.8 (14.39) 11.94 (11.56) 1.82 (0.85)
 Awake (%) 2.91 (5.82) 1.41 (3.18) 2.55 (4.99) 3.30 (6.72) 3.40 (5.97) 0.33 (0.57)
Maturity of states
 Diffuse (%) 13.98 (10.73) 17.01 (13.09) 14.53 (11.84) 13.35 (9.94) 14.35 (8.84) 4.87 (5.55)
 Defined (%) 85.66 (11.12) 82.99 (13.09) 85.30 (11.82) 85.98 (10.91) 85.54 (9.12) 95.13 (5.55)