Table 2.

Sleep parameters

Absolute time (in min)p valuesPercentage of time (in %)
Healthy controls (mean ± SEM)SAD (mean ± SEM)Healthy controls (mean ± SEM)SAD (mean ± SEM)p values
Sleep latency19.11 ± 3.6715.36 ± 3.530.47
REM sleep latency181.33 ± 20.57151.77 ± 11.360.21
NREM sleep
    N121.42 ± 5.5724.80 ± 4.810.654.46 ± 1.264.63 ± 0.820.91
    N2241.22 ± 5.88231.85 ± 13.910.5548.53 ± 1.4544.21 ± 2.550.16
    N3143.11 ± 13.13166.23 ± 15.490.2728.27 ± 2.0031.47 ± 2.600.35
REM sleep94.44 ± 6.43103.64 ± 7.640.3718.74 ± 1.0219.69 ± 1.450.60
Total sleep time500.19 ± 14.32526.51 ± 14.260.21