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Sleep benchmark 'typical range'

‎07-29-2020 15:05

‎07-29-2020 15:05

Does anyone know what the 'typical range' refers to under sleep stage benchmarks?  I get that it is based off a meta analysis paper, and that the mid point seems to be the average for a my age and gender, but couldn't see in the paper or elsewhere how they derived the typical range. 

Is it 2 standard deviations? From the data in the paper, or from fitbit's collected data?

Is it the range in which 90% of values fall?

50%?

Is is just an arbitrary number either side of the mean?

 

This isn't explained anywhere and would be useful to decide at what point I should consider my sleep abnormal, and also just because I am a massive data nerd!

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‎08-02-2020 10:42

‎08-02-2020 10:42

I don't know that you are going to get the data you are looking for. I tried to do a search and it takes you down a rabbit hole pretty quickly without any of the info you are looking for. It all explains the how it works, why it is necessary, what the numbers mean and how to get better sleep. Even on sites not related to FitBit. The only other thing I can think of is contacting support to see if they have documentation that can be shared. I do think explaining what you are looking for is going to take some time and patience... 

Elena | Pennsylvania

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‎11-04-2022 15:25

‎11-04-2022 15:25

Hi, 

Not sure if you ever got more information, and I don't have any, but I thought you might be able to answer a question of mine.

 

I still can't tell if "typical range" means what you mentioned above, typical for people of my age and gender, or it means my "typical range", based on averaging my last 7 days for example. Logically I guess it could be either.

 

If you know, can you tell me which, and how you know. Thanks.

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‎11-04-2022 15:47

In response to petomiro

‎11-04-2022 15:47

Answered my own question. Sorry for the trouble. Typical for others like you, not your personal typical. 

 

Topic: "How do I use the sleep stages ..." 

 

https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/2163.htm

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‎05-26-2024 08:51

‎05-26-2024 08:51

The recent Google updates to Fitbit has made this even more vague... there used to be a numerical range of the typical percentages. Now there is just a blob surrounding the bar chart. Is my bar touching the edge of the blob? How many percentage points over or under the blob am I? Were you ever able to get the documentation? 

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‎08-04-2024 14:47

In response to petomiro

‎08-04-2024 14:47

But how do they know what age and gender you are? According to the DOB I entered I'm 150 years old, so I don't know what they're basing my sleep stats on. 🥴

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