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. 2009 Nov 4;1:1–8. doi: 10.2147/nss.s6234

Table 2.

T-tests for the differences between the phase markers of morning type (MT) and evening type (ET) participants

Phase marker MT clock time (SD) ET clock time (SD) Difference (hours) t value
Core temperature Tmin 0513 (1.62) 0728 (1.87) 2.25 2.88**
Melatonin Max 0420 (0.93) 0620 (0.7) 2.00 2.55**
DLMO 2148 (1.4) 2436 (0.84) 2.80 5.42***
Sleep propensity Min 2128 (3.5) 2334 (2.88) 2.10 1.5
Max 0759 (3.83) 1120 (4.74) 3.35 1.79*
Subjective sleepiness Min 1318 (3.28) 2229 (3.58) 9.18 6.02***
Max 0352 (1.45) 0922 (4.33) 5.50 4.11***

Notes:

*

P < 0.05;

**

P < 0.1;

***

P < 0.001.

Abbreviations: DLMO, dim light melatonin onset; SD, standard deviation.