Mild to Moderate Sleep Restriction Does Not Affect the Cortisol Awakening Response in Healthy Adult Males
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Sleep
2.2. Cortisol at Awakening (08:00 h)
2.3. Cortisol Area under the Curve (AUC)
2.4. Cortisol Mean Increase (MnInc)
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Participants
4.2. Experimental Design
4.3. Laboratory Setting
4.4. Protocol
4.5. Measures
4.6. Analyses
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Condition | BL | E2 | E5 | RC |
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9 h | 472.7 ± 53.5 | 481.0 ± 37.2 | 458.2 ± 48.8 | 462.5 ± 31.5 |
8 h | 483.6 ± 39.8 | 449.7 ± 9.9 | 444.0 ± 23.2 | 469.4 ± 39.5 |
7 h | 473.5 ± 45.1 | 400.8 ± 21.0 | 401.6 ± 20.5 | 479.7 ± 44.6 |
6 h | 462.8 ± 46.3 | 342.8 ± 13.3 | 345.1 ± 10.0 | 484.6 ± 59.6 |
5 h | 487.4 ± 42.7 | 288.7 ± 4.4 | 291.0 ± 6.1 | 512.1 ± 20.0 |
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Kontou, T.G.; Roach, G.D.; Sargent, C. Mild to Moderate Sleep Restriction Does Not Affect the Cortisol Awakening Response in Healthy Adult Males. Clocks & Sleep 2022, 4, 722-734. https://doi.org/10.3390/clockssleep4040054
Kontou TG, Roach GD, Sargent C. Mild to Moderate Sleep Restriction Does Not Affect the Cortisol Awakening Response in Healthy Adult Males. Clocks & Sleep. 2022; 4(4):722-734. https://doi.org/10.3390/clockssleep4040054
Chicago/Turabian StyleKontou, Thomas G., Gregory D. Roach, and Charli Sargent. 2022. "Mild to Moderate Sleep Restriction Does Not Affect the Cortisol Awakening Response in Healthy Adult Males" Clocks & Sleep 4, no. 4: 722-734. https://doi.org/10.3390/clockssleep4040054