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Table 2 Circadian, actigraphy and sleep polysomnography data for patients with depression and control participants

From: Circadian rhythm and sleep alterations in older people with lifetime depression: a case-control study

 

Cases

Controls

Test statistic

Effect Size

p-value

Circadian

n = 29

n = 28

   

Dim Light Melatonin Onset, time

20:36 (1:48)

21:10 (1:48)

−1.23

0.32

0.22

Phase angle sleep midpoint, hh:mm

6:46 (1:27)

5:52 (1:36)

2.34

0.62

0.02

Actigraphy

n = 34

n = 22

   

Habitual sleep onset (hh:mm)

23:13 (1:24)

23:08 (1:05)

0.23

0.07

0.82

Habitual sleep offset (hh:mm)

7:45 (1:15)

7:06 (0:49)

0.42

0.61

0.02

Total sleep time (mins)

452.9 (58.2)

428.2 (58.1)

1.32

0.42

0.19

Sleep Midpoint (hh:mm)‡

3:01 (2:42, 3:49)

2:59 (2:31, (3:34)

1.18

0.17

0.35

Polysomnography

n = 26

n = 29

   

Sleep onset, time (hh:mm)

23:14 (1:14)

23:01 (0:49)

0.76

0.20

0.46

Sleep offset, time (hh:mm)

7:13 (1:15)

6:47 (1:01)

1.42

0.39

0.16

Total sleep time, mins

375.5 (79.9)

388.9 (54. 1)

−0.72

0.20

0.48

NREM sleep, mins

297.2 (55.4)

304.2 (47.5)

−0.50

0.14

0.62

REM sleep, mins

78.3 (38.0)

84.7 (25.5)

−0.73

0.20

0.47

Slow Wave Sleep, mins

54.9 (46.5)

59.0 (35.4)

−0.37

0.10

0.71

Sleep Efficiency, %

75.4 (15.5)

80.7 (10.4)

−1.48

0.20

0.15

Latency to Sleep Onset, mins ‡

17.5 (8.4, 28.3)

8.5 (3.8, 21.8)

2.00

0.26

0.046

Latency to REM sleep, mins ‡

126.0 (89.5, 183.8)

65.5 (44.8, 77.3)

3.93

0.53

0.000

WASO, mins ‡

79.8 (38.6, 150.8)

70.0 (42.8, 109.5)

0.91

0.12

0.36

  1. All test statistics are students t-test unless otherwise specified; ‡ Mann-Whitney U test Z-statistic. Effect size is a calculated Cohen’s D and or using the formula Z-statistic/√N where appropriate. WASO wake after sleep onset; REM rapid eye movement