Can Morning Light Phase Advance Human Melatonin Rhythms in Less Than 24 h?

J Pineal Res · 2026 · PMC12989132 · PMID 41832758

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Overall, a Spearman correlation between mEDI and average phase advance is modest and only approaching significance, but shows a positive trend ( r = 0.51, p = 0.06).

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There was a statistical trend ( r = 0.51, p = 0.06) towards a positive association between the mEDI of the light intervention and the magnitude of the phase advance.

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approaching significancep = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Overall, a Spearman correlation between mEDI and average phase advance is modest and only approaching significance, but shows a positive trend ( r = 0.51, p = 0.06).

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