Modelling and exploring human sleep with event history analysis

• Published in: Journal of sleep research Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 25 - 36
• Main Authors: YASSOURIDIS, ALEXANDER, STEIGER, AXEL, KLINGER, ARTUR, FAHRMEIR, LUDWIG
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.03.1999
• Subjects: Adult; cortisol; Electroencephalography; event history analysis; Humans; Hydrocortisone - blood; Male; Models, Statistical; relative intensity; sleep; Sleep, REM - physiology; Time Factors; Wakefulness

Summary In this paper we propose the use of statistical models of event history analysis for investigating human sleep. These models provide appropriate tools for statistical evaluation when sleep data are recorded continuously over time or on a fine time grid, and are classified into sleep stages s...