Table 1.

Analysis of the sleep architecture during recordings

StateaWKqWkSWSISPS
Time spent in each state, %23.9 ± 2.88.2 ± 0.951.4 ± 2.32.3 ± 0.213.5 ± 1.0
No. of episodes139 ± 12165 ± 18133 ± 1231 ± 329 ± 3
Average episode duration, s39.9 ± 3.311.2 ± 0.694.4 ± 4.517.3 ± 0.6123.3 ± 10.0
Average episode frequency, episode/min2.02 ± 0.165.64 ± 0.280.83 ± 0.033.58 ± 0.130.55 ± 0.03
No. of persistent episodes, duration >5 min3.5 ± 0.50.1 ± 0.16.8 ± 0.900.4 ± 0.2
Percentage of “persistent” state, %2.7 ± 0.40.04 ± 0.035.3 ± 0.705.4 ± 0.4
  • Data represent mean ± SEM. IS, Intermediate sleep.