| Placebo group | Ornithine group | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men (n) | 11 | 10 | |||
Women (n) | 15 | 16 | |||
 |  | Average | SE | Average | SE |
Age (years) | 43.38 | 1.56 | 43.31 | 1.46 | |
POMS | Tension-anxiety | 63.35 | 1.66 | 65.23 | 1.99 |
Depression-dejection | 65.69 | 2.32 | 64.19 | 2.26 | |
Anger-hostility | 61.85 | 2.29 | 63.31 | 2.28 | |
Vigor | 35.62 | 1.05 | 36.88 | 1.12 | |
Fatigue | 66.96 | 1.26 | 68.77 | 1.28 | |
Confusion | 68.31 | 1.85 | 69.77 | 1.92 | |
AIS | 7.96 | 0.61 | 8.54 | 0.54 | |
OSA | Sleepiness on rising | 9.37 | 0.87 | 7.98 | 1.10 |
Initiation and maintenance of sleep | 15.21 | 1.34 | 12.12 | 1.17 | |
Frequent dreaming | 21.73 | 1.62 | 23.04 | 1.40 | |
Refreshing | 10.92 | 1.09 | 10.27 | 0.88 | |
Sleep length | 13.31 | 1.11 | 14.71 | 1.40 | |
Cortisol (μM) | 0.21 | 0.02 | 0.23 | 0.01 | |
DHEA-S (μM) | 4.25 | 0.32 | 4.72 | 0.44 | |
Cortisol/DHEA-S × 100 | 5.22 | 0.40 | 5.67 | 0.56 |