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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 5.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2010 Oct 5;153(7):435–441. doi: 10.1059/0003-4819-153-7-201010050-00006

APPENDIX Table II.

Metabolic hormone measurements

Pre-treatment End of treatment
TIB-8.5h TIB-5.5h TIB-8.5 TIB-5.5h
24-h serum leptin (µg/L) 13.1 (10.2) 12.4 (9.5) 9.7 (7.2) 9.1 (9.2)
24-h acylated ghrelin (ng/L) 81 (50) 73 (38) 75 (40) 84 (47)*
24-h serum growth hormone (µg/L) 0.88 (0.49) 0.79 (0.34) 0.81 (0.38) 0.95 (0.47)
24-h plasma epinephrine (pmol/L) 129 (38) 136 (58) 140 (45) 114 (30)**
24-h plasma norepinephrine (pmol/L) 1171 (589) 1291 (829) 1161 (512) 1104 (481)
24-h serum cortisol (nmol/L) 196 (21) 198 (25) 190 (22) 193 (23)
24-h serum TSH (mU/L) 1.2 (0.6) 1.2 (0.5)
24-h serum free T4 (pmol/L) 16.1 (1.2) 16.5 (1.2)
     (ng/dL) 1.25 (0.10) 1.28 (0.10)
Serum T3 (nmol/L, n=7) 1.89 (0.18) 1.95 (0.24)

Data are mean (SD) values (n=10 except for T3 where n=7).

*

P = 0.039,

**

P = 0.005: effect of sleep restriction at the end of the 5.5-h vs. 8.5-h time in bed condition based on a mixed linear model controlling for crossover study design (treatment period) and final body composition.

TSH: thyroid stimulating hormone; T4: thyroxine; T3: triiodothyronin