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Table 2 Sleep parameters among diabetic neuropathy patients (group I), diabetic patients without neuropathy (group II) and healthy control (group III)

From: Sleep disturbances in diabetic peripheral neuropathy patients: a clinical and polysomnographic study

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Group I

Group II

Group III

ANOVA

Range

Meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰SD

Range

Meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰SD

Range

Meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰SD

f value

p value

Mean latency MSLT (min)

4ā€“17

9.2Ā Ā±Ā 4.03

10ā€“18

15.1Ā Ā±Ā 3.44

12ā€“19

16.30Ā Ā±Ā 2.21

17.27

<ā€‰0.0001*

Sleep period time (hours)

5.2ā€“8.7

6.79Ā Ā±Ā 1.06

5.3ā€“8.6

6.79Ā Ā±Ā 1.03

5.2ā€“8.7

6.78Ā Ā±Ā 1.09

0.00066

0.999

Total sleep time (hours)

4.8ā€“8.5

6.29Ā Ā±Ā 1.07

5. ā€“8.4

6.70Ā Ā±Ā 1.04

5.2ā€“8.5

6.68Ā Ā±Ā 1.05

0.692

0.5068

Sleep latency (min)

4ā€“7

8.45Ā Ā±Ā 4.04

7ā€“35

24.70Ā Ā±Ā 9.38

8ā€“35

26.3Ā Ā±Ā 8.82

29.96

<ā€‰0.0001*

Sleep efficiency (%)

49ā€“85

63.3Ā Ā±Ā 11.78

73ā€“88

80.6Ā Ā±Ā 4.27

77ā€“94

85.8Ā Ā±Ā 6.14

24.11

<ā€‰0.0001*

Sleep fragmentation (cycles/night)

7ā€“43

18.35Ā Ā±Ā 9.06

6ā€“15

9.4Ā Ā±Ā 2.71

6ā€“11

8.2Ā Ā±Ā 1.54

10.30

0.0003*

Apnea Hypopnea Index (/hour)

3.1ā€“83.3

31.32Ā Ā±Ā 16.4

1.2ā€“22.1

6.57Ā Ā±Ā 7.01

1.6ā€“19.2

5.97Ā Ā±Ā 6.14

16.199

<ā€‰0.0001*

Pulse Transit Time (msec)

121ā€“245

184Ā Ā±Ā 23.2

154ā€“276

232Ā Ā±Ā 12.3

178ā€“281

241Ā Ā±Ā 13.2

13.6

<ā€‰0.0001*

Desaturation index (/hour)

3ā€“32

14.9Ā Ā±Ā 9.7

2ā€“8

3.8Ā Ā±Ā 1.87

2ā€“7

3.7Ā Ā±Ā 1.6

12.55

<ā€‰0.0001*

Lowest O2 saturation (%)

71ā€“95

85.15Ā Ā±Ā 3.78

87ā€“94

90.9Ā Ā±Ā 2.55

87ā€“95

92.5Ā Ā±Ā 2.50

6.522

0.0023*

REM latency (min)

64ā€“105

84.7Ā Ā±Ā 12.38

63ā€“102

85.4Ā Ā±Ā 11.82

65ā€“104

85.70Ā Ā±Ā 12

0.0259

0.974

REM % of TST

8ā€“21

14Ā Ā±Ā 4.30

18ā€“25

21.8Ā Ā±Ā 2.04

18ā€“27

21.1Ā Ā±Ā 2.02

24.10

<ā€‰0.0001*

Arousal index (/hour)

6ā€“35

13.8Ā Ā±Ā 7.39

3ā€“14

6.5Ā Ā±Ā 3.02

3ā€“11

5.5Ā Ā±Ā 2.63

9.585

0.0004*

Snore index (/hour)

23ā€“632

259.3Ā Ā±Ā 174

10ā€“67

29.9Ā Ā±Ā 19.8

9ā€“47

17Ā Ā±Ā 11.2

17.76

<ā€‰0.0001*

Snore % TST

4ā€“52

23.4Ā Ā±Ā 14.27

3ā€“13

6.1Ā Ā±Ā 3.07

2ā€“10

4.6Ā Ā±Ā 3.27

14.93

<ā€‰0.0001*

PLMs index (/hour)

17ā€“91

50.3Ā Ā±Ā 22.6

5ā€“27

14.4Ā Ā±Ā 6.73

4ā€“18

9.9Ā Ā±Ā 6.66

27.60

<ā€‰0.0001*

  1. MSLT multiple sleep latency test, PLMs periodic limb movements, REM rapid eye movement, TST total sleep time
  2. *Significant