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Table 3 PSG sleep quality and arousal mean values (SD) and pain thresholds for controls and phase-related migraine subgroups

From: Sleep quality, arousal and pain thresholds in migraineurs: a blinded controlled polysomnographic study

 

C (n=34)

INT (n=33)

PRE (n=9)

POST (n=8)

C vs INT differences

Phase differences

Total sleep time (min)

409 (68)

435 (61)

440 (62)

445 (53)

  

Sleep efficiency (%)

90 (08)

91 (6)

91 (6)

94 (3)

  

Latency to sleep onset (min)

12.8 (14.6)

10.3 (17.8)

2.0 (3.7)

6.5 (7.9)

 

INT>PRE**

Awakening index (no/h)

1.0 (0.6)

1.3 (0.7)

1.2 (0.7)

0.8 (0.6)

INT>C*

 

Wake after sleep onset (min)

31 (27)

32 (18)

41 (23)

22 (14)

  

Stage 1 (min)

27 (19)

32 (15)

41 (16)

33 (27)

  

Stage 2 (min)

197 (47)

201 (44)

198 (46)

195 (77)

  

Stage 3 (min)

86 (31)

97 (28)

99 (35)

108 (41)

INT>C(*)

 

REM (min)

99 (26)

106 (35)

102 (36)

108 (28)

  

Apnea-hypopnea index (per hour)

2.7 (3.3)

2.4 (3.0)

4.3 (4.9)

0.9 (0.8)

  

Fast arousal index (per sleep hour)

18.3 (5.7)

16.3 (9.1)

13.4 (5.9)

12.3 (5.5)

C>INT(*)

 

D-burst index (per sleep hour)

11.8 (8.0)

9.5 (7.5)

10.1 (8.4)

13.9 (9.1)

  

K-burst index (per sleep hour)

3.0 (3.8)

3.3 (2.5)

1.9 (1.2)

3.4 (3.2)

  

Slow arousal index (per sleep hour) 3

14.8 (10.9)

12.9 (9.1)

12.0 (8.6)

17.3 (11.9)

  

PPTavg1 (kPa)

661 (249)

549 (135)

582 (194)

539 (70)

  

HPTavg2 (°C)

13.4 (3.1)

11.7 (3.6)

13.1 (2.3)

13.6 (2.6)

INT<C*

 

CPTavg2 (°C)

20.8 (6.3)

17.2 (6.9)

19.5 (5.8)

18.4 (6.3)

INT<C*

 
  1. C: controls. INT: Interictal migraine, PRE: Preictal migraine. POST: Postictal migraine. Significant differences (*) p=0.05, *p<0.05, **p<0.005 (Mann–Whitney U-test). avg: Regional averages from either 1splenius, trapezius, temporalis, and index finger (pressure pain thresholds, PPT) or 2forehead and palm (heat and cold pain thresholds, HPT and CPT, expressed as differences from the 32°C baseline) registered after noon before sleep. 3 The sum of K- and D-burts.
  2. Significant differences are emphasized with bold types.