Table 3 Chronobiological data derived from best fitting sine curves (fitted period:24 hours = 360°)

0.002

78.06 ± 0.10

1.12 ± 0.22

25.1 ± 12.4

01:40 ± 00:50

0.001

45.23 ± 0.85

3.14 ± 1.12

3.3 ± 24.5

00:13 ± 01:38

0.003

29.52 ± 0.23

1.94 ± 0.25

181.3 ± 2.4

12:05 ± 00:10

0.001

21.43 ± 0.11

1.49 ± 0.21

187.3 ± 10.2

12:29 ± 00:41

0.002

8.09 ± 0.14

1.33 ± 0.09

192.1 ± 3.8

12:48 ± 00:15

0.001

1.53 ± 0.02

0.23 ± 0.1

16.0 ± 0.2

01:04 ± 00:01

0.030

6.26 ± 0.42

0.81 ± 0.21

212.1 ± 21.3

14:08 ± 01:25

0.002

13.23 ± 0.24

1.51 ± 0.11

336.8 ± 12.2

22:27 ± 00:49

0.002

3.82 ± 0.02

0.67 ± 0.21

9.2 ± 7.1

00:37 ± 00:28

0.005

3.21 ± 0.30

0.83 ± 0.20

12.2 ± 51.2

00:49 ± 03:25

0.010

16.22 ± 0.25

1.33 ± 0.33

332.6 ± 11.3

22:10 ± 00:45

0.002

2.12 ± 0.09

0.63 ± 0.12

159.5 ± 14.3

10:38 ± 00:57

0.001

10.23 ± 1.42

6.51 ± 2.52

141.6 ± 22.1

09:26 ± 01:28

Old aged subjects

p

MESOR ± SE

Amplitude ± SE

Acrophase ± SE (°)

Time (Hh:Mn)

0.002

84.91 ± 0.21

1.07 ± 0.02

71.2 ± 3.0

04:45 ± 00:12

0.145

45.12 ± 0.89

3.10 ± 1.27

33.2 ± 22.1

02:13 ± 01:28

0.005

29.21 ± 0.23

3.25 ± 0.53

188.9 ± 11.2

12:36 ± 00:45

0.001

20.12 ± 0.08

1.47 ± 0.19

196.1 ± 12.3

13:04 ± 00:49

0.002

9.09 ± 0.15

1.31 ± 0.87

191.7 ± 2.4

12:47 ± 00:10

0.001

1.48 ± 0.06

0.22 ± 0.04

17.9 ± 11.7

01:12 ± 00:47

0.246

8.02 ± 0.31

2.42 ± 0.43

191.3 ± 7.5

12:45 ± 00:30

0.210

8.36 ± 0.16

1.15 ± 0.11

287.2 ± 21.4

19:09 ± 01:26

0.031

7.12 ± 0.13

1.02 ± 0.21

251.2 ± 12.3

16:45 ± 00:49

0.057

5.12 ± 0.35

1.73 ± 0.2

141 ± 11.2

09:24 ± 00:45

0.297

13.21 ± 0.12

1.21 ± 0.9

185.1 ± 33.2

12:20 ± 02:13

0.210

4.28 ± 0.12

0.32 ± 0.11

192.1 ± 30.4

12:48 ± 02:02

0.017

13.26 ± 0.40

5.42 ± 1.31

121.8 ± 10.2

08:07 ± 00:40