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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 14.
Published in final edited form as: Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2011 Jun 30;219(1):109–122. doi: 10.1007/s00213-011-2383-4

Table 3. Amphetamine-related effects on sleep measures and food intake (day and night 1).

Drug conditions

Placebo 20 mg MA 40 mg MA 100 mg MDMA



Mean (SEM) Mean (SEM) F value Mean (SEM) F value Mean (SEM) F value
Sleep questionnaire (measurements from night 1)
Slept well 63.6 (5.9) 36.9 (10.3) 11.2* 41.4 (10.1) 7.8* 73.9 (6.3) 21.5§
Woke often 32.5 (8.5) 47.7 (10.2) 3.4 53.8 (9.8) 6.7* 18.2 (7.8) 13.0§
Satisfied with sleep 57.9 (6.8) 33.4 (8.9) 9.4* 34.5 (9.3) 8.6* 65.5 (9.0) 16.1§
Woke early 41.3 (9.3) 44.1 (11.3) 0.1 63.5 (13.5) 4.1 19.4 (6.3) 5.1§
Actiwatch measures (measurements from night 1)
Sleep efficiency (%) 84.9 (1.8) 67.4 (7.1) 32.9* 71.6 (2.9) 19.2* 90.3 (1.2) 56.7§
# of awakenings per hour 2.9 (0.3) 2.6 (0.3) 0.8 3.8 (0.4) 9.0*§ 2.7 (0.3) 6.2
Awakenings duration (min) 1.7 (0.2) 1.7 (0.1) 0.0 2.1 (0.2) 8.7*§ 1.4 (0.1) 23.4
Food intake (measurements from day 1)
Total # of eating occasions 10.1 (1.0) 5.7 (0.7) 34.6* 5.5 (0.6) 37.5* 7.5 (0.9) 12.6*§
Protein
Total consumed (g) 94.5 (6.5) 41.8 (7.4) 73.4* 40.2 (8.1) 77.8* 56.6 (5.5) 37.9*§
Prop. of total calories (%) 12.5 (0.9) 11.4 (2.1) 1.7 11.1 (1.5) 2.9 10.8 (1.2) 4.3
Carbohydrates
Total consumed (g) 448.4 (53.6) 262.6 (36.1) 38.8* 244.3 (37.6) 44.4* 341.3 (45.8) 12.2*§
Prop. of total calories (%) 54.9 (2.0) 65.9 (4.7) 14.9* 66.1 (4.0) 15.4* 59.1 (2.6) 5.9§
Fat
Total consumed (g) 121.0 (17.7) 36.3 (5.3) 47.4* 45.1 (15.0) 38.1* 76.9 (10.4) 12.9*§
Prop. of total calories (%) 32.6 (2.5) 22.7 (3.3) 14.7* 22.9 (3.1) 14.2* 30.1 (3.0) 8.3§
*

p<0.05, significantly different from placebo

§

p<0.05, significantly different from 20 mg MA

p<0.05, significantly different from 40 mg MA