approaching significancep = 0.06
The total rate of stage changes increased moderately from 14.2 ± 3.9 to 17.6 ± 4.3 per hour of TIB, approaching significance ( p = 0.06) (Table 2 ). 3.5 REM Sleep Analysis The total number of completed REM periods (see Methods ) was 158 in the young and 154 in the older participants (3.5 ± 0.6 vs. 3.4 ± 0.9 REM periods per night).