The Night-Time Sleep and Autonomic Activity of Male and Female Professional Road Cyclists Competing in the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes

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Table 7 Results of the linear mixed models examining variables across stage classifications in female cyclists

Variable	F	df	p value
TRIMP (au)	16.31	1, 2	< .001
Daily strain (au)	1.36	1, 2	.265
Sleep onset (hh:mm)	2.04	1, 2	.140
Sleep offset (hh:mm)	0.14	1, 2	.873
Time in bed (h)	0.74	1, 2	.483
Total sleep time (h)	0.30	1, 2	.739
Sleep efficiency (%)	0.51	1, 2	.601
Light sleep (%)	3.76	1, 2	.029
Slow wave sleep (%)	0.48	1, 2	.619
REM sleep (%)	2.17	1, 2	.124
Resting HR (beats·min⁻¹)	0.86	1, 2	.430
HRV-rMSSD (ms)	0.08	1, 2	.919

TRIMP training impulse, au arbitrary units, REM rapid eye movement, HR heart rate, HRV heart rate variability, rMSSD root mean square of successive differences, ms milliseconds