Table 1

Sleep architecture and the duration of stage 2 non-REM sleep and REM sleep on the two study nights

High humidityLow humidityp value
Wakefulness (%TRT)17.5  (2.5)17.1  (2.6)0.90
Stage 1 (%TST)8.3 (1.3)6.6 (1.0)0.27
Stage 2 (%TST)50.0 (2.5)48.2 (2.0)0.64
Slow wave sleep (%TST)18.2 (2.6)19.5 (2.4)0.47
REM sleep (%TST)23.5 (1.6)26.6 (1.9)0.30
Total sleep time (min)349 (15.2)348 (14.5)0.98
Sleep efficiency (TST/TRT)80.6 (2.4)81.2 (2.6)0.82
Stage 2 supine position (min)56 (9)67 (10)0.30
Stage 2 lateral position (min)122 (10)106 (9)0.20
REM lateral (min)68 (7)70 (6)0.82
  • TRT = total recording time; TST = total sleep time.