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Table 1 Score of St. Mary's hospital sleep questionnaire (Study 2)

From: Effects of L-serine ingestion on human sleep

Subjective symptom after awake

Placebo

L-serine

P-value

Was your Sleep?

light < deep

3.4 ± 0.8

4.6 ± 1.7

0.09

How many times did you wake up?

time(s)

2.5 ± 2.0

1.9 ± 0.7

0.80

How well did you sleep last night?

badly < well

3.1 ± 0.8

4.2 ± 1.0

0.04

How clear-headed did you feel after getting up this morning?

still very drowsy < alert

2.1 ± 1.0

3.1 ± 1.1

0.06

How satisfied were you with last night's sleep?

unstisfied < satisfied

2.3 ± 0.7

3.3 ± 0.6

0.03

Were you troubled by waking early and being unable to get off to sleep

no < yes

1.2 ± 0.4

1.1 ± 0.2

0.18

How much difficulty did you have in getting off to sleep last night?

none or very little < difficult

1.5 ± 0.3

1.2 ± 0.3

0.15

How long did it take your to fall asleep last night.

mins

18.4 ± 14.9

12.9 ± 9.9

0.73

  1. Values are means ± SD. n =7.
  2. Significant difference compared to Placebo by Wilcoxon's signed rank test.