Sleep efficiency
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Sleep efficiency is the percentage of your time in bed that you actually spend asleep. You calculate it as total sleep time divided by time in bed. In adults, a value of 85% or higher is generally regarded as healthy. Low sleep efficiency reflects fragmented or inefficient sleep. It is linked to daytime fatigue, impaired glucose metabolism, higher cardiovascular risk, and a poorer subjective quality of life.
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