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It is shown in a study that the girls of the age between 13 to 18 are more vulnerable to sleep. The girls in teenage found more difficult to stay awake during a morning class, during the afternoon and also in the evening time.

The girls are also reported to feel tired so soon, feeling dizzy and bunking school on an alternate basis. They are likely to take nap at times when no one is watching.

“What was most surprising is the fact that teenage girls reported a higher degree of interference of daytime sleepiness than teenage boys on multiple aspects of their school and personal activities,” said Pascale Gaudreault from the Universite du Quebec en Outaouais (UQO) in Canada.

According to previous studies, sleep-wake organisation undergoes significant changes during the transition to adolescence.

These changes include a delayed sleep phase, which involves a tendency towards later bedtimes and rise times; shorter sleep, which is associated with increased levels of daytime sleepiness; and irregular sleep patterns, which involve sleeping very little on weekdays and sleeping longer during weekends to compensate.

During maturation, adolescents also develop a greater tolerance for sleep deprivation or extended wakefulness.

For the new study, presented during SLEEP 2018 meeting in Baltimore, the team included data from 731 adolescents, aged between 13 to 17.5 years, out of which 311 were boys and 420 were girls.

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