02728nas a2200313 4500008004100000022001400041245007900055210006900134260001300203300001100216490000800227520186900235653002702104653001102131653001102142653002002153653000902173653001602182653002002198653001002218653001202228653004502240100001502285700002002300700001702320700001902337700002302356856003502379 2008 eng d a0012-369200aPower spectral analysis of EEG activity during sleep in cigarette smokers.0 aPower spectral analysis of EEG activity during sleep in cigarett c2008 Feb a427-320 v1333 a

BACKGROUND: Research on the effects of cigarette smoking on sleep architecture is limited. The objective of this investigation was to examine differences in sleep EEG between smokers and nonsmokers.

METHODS: Smokers and nonsmokers who were free of all medical comorbidities were matched on different factors, including age, gender, race, body mass index, and anthropometric measures. Home polysomnography was conducted using a standard recording montage. Sleep architecture was assessed using visual sleep-stage scoring. The discrete fast Fourier transform was used to calculate the EEG power spectrum for the entire night within contiguous 30-s epochs of sleep for the following frequency bandwidths: delta (0.8 to 4.0 Hz); theta (4.1 to 8.0 Hz); alpha (8.1 to 13.0 Hz); and beta (13.1 to 20.0 Hz).

RESULTS: Conventional sleep stages were similar between the two groups. However, spectral analysis of the sleep EEG showed that, compared to nonsmokers, smokers had a lower percentage of EEG power in the delta-bandwidth (59.7% vs 62.6%, respectively; p < 0.04) and higher percentage of EEG power in alpha-bandwidth (15.6% vs 12.5%, respectively; p < 0.001). Differences in the EEG power spectrum between smokers and nonsmokers were greatest in the early part of the sleep period and decreased toward the end. Subjective complaints of lack of restful sleep were also more prevalent in smokers than in nonsmokers (22.5% vs 5.0%, respectively; p < 0.02) and were explained, in part, by the differences in EEG spectral power.

CONCLUSIONS: Cigarette smokers manifest disturbances in the sleep EEG that are not evident in conventional measures of sleep architecture. Nicotine in cigarette smoke and withdrawal from it during sleep may contribute to these changes and the subjective experience of nonrestorative sleep.

10aElectroencephalography10aFemale10aHumans10aLogistic Models10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aPolysomnography10aSleep10aSmoking10aSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared1 aZhang, Lin1 aSamet, Jonathan1 aCaffo, Brian1 aBankman, Isaac1 aPunjabi, Naresh, M uhttps://chs-nhlbi.org/node/993