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Duration of sleep stages and number of rapid eye movement sleep (REM) periods (inset) under short (4 h in bed; filled bars) and habitual (9 h in bed; open bars) sleep. St1, stage 1 sleep; St2, stage 2 sleep; SWS, slow wave sleep. P values indicate level of significance, by paired-samples t-test. Values are means ± SD.
