The rising role of age stratification in sleep and CPAP therapy adherence in elderly population
Table 3.
Basic sleep parameters and adult reference values [14].
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| Sleep duration |
380 - 450 min |
|
|
| Sleep latency |
≤ 30 min |
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| REM latency |
60 - 100 min |
|
| Sleep efficiency |
> 85 % |
|
| WASO - Wake after sleep onset |
1 - 5 % |
|
| NREM1 |
3 - 5 % |
|
| NREM2 |
45 - 55 % |
|
| NREM3 (Slow wave sleep) |
10 - 20 % |
|
| REM sleep (Rapid eye movement sleep) |
20 - 25 % |
|
| Apnea / hypopnea index |
< 5 |
|
| Periodic limb movement index |
≤ 15 |
|
| Epoch scored as wake |
> 15 s |
|
| Arousal duration |
3 - 5 s |
|
| Sleep cycle – duration |
90 - 110 min |
|
| Sleep cycles per night |
4x - 6x |
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