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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sleep Med Clin. 2016 Dec 20;12(1):31–38. doi: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2016.10.008

Table 1. Age-Related Changes to Sleep Architecture.

Decreased Increased
Sleep Parameter

  • Total sleep time

  • Sleep efficiency

  • Slow wave sleep

  • Rapid eye movement sleep

  • Time awake after sleep onset (WASO)

  • Number of arousals from sleep

  • Sleep latency