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. 2012 Feb 24;4(1):e4. doi: 10.4081/mi.2012.e4

Table 3.

Means and standard deviations of slow-wave activity power and dissipation, and non-REM period characteristics by diagnosis and sex.

HC-M
(n=20)
HC-F
(n=32)
MDD-M
(n=20)
MDD-F
(n=32)
NREM 1
  Latency* 8.9±6.9 9.5±5.8 12.2±13.3 9.5±5.6
  Duration* 92.8±36.4 81.9±36.8 65.8±19.7 93.5±40.3
  Power° 955.4±242.0 738.0±216.7 759.7±270.1 781.3±227.7
  Decay° 310.2±207.6 224.4±179.3 120.3±142.8 202.5±153.7
NREM 2
  Latency* 125.1±50.7 105.6±41.4 96.7±28.9 121.7±46.3
  Duration* 82.7±27.1 76.8±24.7 71.7±14.9 74.6±25.3
  Power° 645.1±170.5 513.5±134.2 639.4±233.0 578.7±246.1
  Decay° 100.7±178.2 73.7±133.8 196.1±146.8 121.9±201.6
NREM 3
  Latency* 241.6±55.8 206.7±46.3 192.4±36.0 226.6±54.9
  Duration* 67.7±30.4 71.7±14.4 59.7±20.8 71.0±19.1
  Power° 544.4±157.0 439.7±111.9 443.3±166.0 456.8±140.1
  Decay° 56.1±135.2 42.7±114.9 6.2±130.7 39.0±132.4
NREM 4
  Latency* 340.8±72.7 307.7±51.2 288.7±38.8 329.5±61.5
  Duration* 55.1±22.3 63.0±15.1 53.4±14.0 56.3±15.6
  Power° 488.3±113.1 397.0±102.4 449.6±159.2 417.7±113.6

*In minutes;

°in μV2.

HC, healthy control; MDD, major depressive disorder; M, males; F, females; NREM, non-rapid eye movement sleep.