Table 4. Graph-theory measures and summary of statistical comparisons among sleep stages within each group.

	Awake	N1	N2	N3	REM	p	Post hoc
Small-worldness index
Control	1.14±0.16	1.21±0.15	1.29±0.19	1.37±0.22	1.19±0.16	0.011	[N2>W]†, [N3>W]*
RLS baseline	1.20±0.17	1.21±0.19	1.24±0.25	1.26±0.22	1.22±0.17	0.915
RLS follow-up	1.15±0.24	1.25±0.20	1.41±0.21	1.45±0.18	1.23±0.19	0.005	[N3>W]*, [N2>REM]*
Normalized clustering coefficient
Control	1.18±0.18	1.25±0.17	1.34±0.22	1.44±0.24	1.23±0.17	0.006	[N2>W]†, [N3>W]†
RLS baseline	1.25±0.18	1.24±0.21	1.31±0.29	1.32±0.26	1.27±0.17	0.937
RLS follow-up	1.18±0.24	1.27±0.23	1.47±0.23	1.53±0.22	1.27±0.20	0.004	[N2>W]*, [N3>W]*, [N3>N1]*, [N2>REM]*
Normalized characteristic path length
Control	1.03±0.03	1.03±0.02	1.04±0.02	1.05±0.03	1.03±0.02	0.239
RLS baseline	1.04±0.03	1.03±0.02	1.05±0.04	1.04±0.04	1.05±0.03	0.828
RLS follow-up	1.03±0.05	1.02±0.02	1.04±0.03	1.05±0.03	1.03±0.02	0.070

Data are mean±standard deviation values.

^*p<0.05 and ^†p<0.01, respectively, in Wilcoxon signed-rank tests with Bonferroni correction.

REM: rapid eye movement, RLS: restless legs syndrome, W: awake.