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The association of salivary alpha-amylase, heart rate variability, and psychological stress on objectively measured sleep behaviors among college students

   | 13 kwi 2022

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Correlation among stress, salivary alpha amylase, HRV, and sleep behaviors (N = 86).

Variables Sleep behaviors, r (P)

Time in bed SE
Age 0.225 (0.041) −0.004 (0.972)
Female sex −0.099 (0.372) 0.322 (0.003)
BMI 0.121 (0.277) −0.260 (0.018)
Monthly expenditure 0.138 (0.215) 0.192 (0.082)
Regular smoking −0.144 (0.192) −0.066 (0.555)
Drinking alcohol 0.124 (0.269) −0.083 (0.463)
Stress −0.276 (0.011) 0.034 (0.760)
Salivary alpha amylase 0.266 (0.030) 0.097 (0.435)
HRV indices at resting
  Mean HR (beat/min) −0.116 (0.301) −0.131 (0.240)
  Mean RR interval (millisecond) 0.090 (0.420) 0.118 (0.293)
  SDNN (millisecond) 0.061 (0.589) 0.119 (0.288)
  LnRMSSD (millisecond) 0.018 (0.870) 0.191 (0.086)
  nLF (%) −0.076 (0.500) −0.316 (0.004)
  nHF (%) 0.076 (0.500) 0.316 (0.004)
  LF/HF (a.u) −0.129 (0.249) −0.227 (0.040)

General characteristics and study variables in the participants (N = 86).

Variables Mean ± SD or n (%)
Age (years) 22.0 ± 1.94
Sex
  Male 47 (54.7)
  Female 39 (45.3)
BMI 22.3 ± 2.42
Monthly expenditure
  <300 K won 42 (48.8)
  300 K–490 K won 28 (32.6)
  >500 K won 16 (18.6)
Regular smoking
  No 78 (90.7)
  Yes 8 (9.3)
Drinking alcohol
  Everyday 6 (7.0)
  Occasionally 78 (90.7)
  None 2 (2.3)
Time in bed (minutes) 408.5 ± 81.99
Sleep minutes (minutes) 325.9 ± 77.36
WASO (minutes) 62.7 ± 30.82
WE (times) 23.1 ± 9.05
MWE (minutes) 4.5 ± 4.38
SE (%) 84.0 ± 7.22
Stress 26.1 ± 10.76
Salivary alpha amylase (U/ml) 65.8 ± 45.11
HRV indices at resting
  Mean HR (beat per minute) 71.3 ± 11.31
  Mean RR interval (millisecond) 862.5 ± 135.35
  SDNN (millisecond) 51.1 ± 22.0
  RMSSD (millisecond) 45.9 ± 31.3
  nLF (%) 54.6 ± 18.76
  nHF (%) 45.4 ± 18.76
  LF/HF (a.u) 1.8 ± 1.56

Factors influencing time in bed and sleep efficiency.

Variables B SE β T P R2 F
Time in bed 0.040 0.147 2.670
  Constant 199.751 114.318 1.747 0.086
  Age 9.774 4.962 0.241 1.970 0.053
  Female sex −1.588 19.762 −0.010 −0.080 0.936
  Stress −1.066 0.929 −0.138 −1.147 0.256
  Salivary alpha amylase 0.426 0.208 0.244 2.052 0.044
SE 0.001 0.207 5.035
  Constant 83.475 10.911 7.651 0.000
  Age 0.453 0.396 0.123 1.141 0.257
  Female sex 3.050 1.706 0.211 1.788 0.078
  BMI −0.677 0.329 −0.224 −2.057 0.043
  nHF 0.094 0.041 0.245 2.262 0.027

Stress and its association with salivary alpha amylase and HRV (N = 86).

Items Stress

r (p) Adjusted for age and sex

β SE p
nHF on HRV −0.164 (0.137) −0.224 0.179 0.034
Salivary alpha amylase −0.129 (0.288) −0.113 0.554 0.366
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2544-8994
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Angielski
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4 razy w roku
Dziedziny czasopisma:
Medicine, Assistive Professions, Nursing