Periodic Limbic Movement Disorder during Sleep as Diabetes-Related Syndrome? A Polysomnographic Study

Table 1

Demographic and clinical data in 41 type II diabetes patients and 38 healthy controls.

	Type II diabetes patients	Healthy controls	𝑃
Age, yrs	63±4	61±5	ns
Sex F/M	23/18	21/17	ns
BMI, Kg/m^2	27±3	26±5	ns
ESS score	10±2	4±2	0.05
Chronically poor sleep %	48	15	0.01
Nocturnal awakening %	62	20	0.01
Sleepiness (somnolence) %	50	8	0.01

Data presented as mean ± SD, level of significance 𝑃<0.05.
BMI: body mass index; ESS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale; ns: not significant, F: female; M: male.