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

Table 2

Sleep values in 41 type II diabetes patients and 38 healthy controls.

	Type II diabetes patients	Healthy controls	𝑃
Sleep time, min	307±54	398±41	0.001
Sleep efficiency, %	77±10	89±6	0.01
nREM stage 1, % sleep time	14±5	13±5	ns
nREM stage 2, % sleep time	42±7	40±8	ns
nREM slow wave, % sleep time	13±4	21±6	0.01
REM, % sleep time	9±4	15±3	0.01
AHI, n/h	3±2	3±1	ns
Arousal index, n/h	14±6	5±1	0.01
PLM Index, n/h	22±9	5±1	0.001

Data presented as mean ± SD, level of significance 𝑃<0.05.
REM: rapid eye movements, AHI: apnea hypopnea index, PLM: periodic limb movement.