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Abstract
Study objectives: This study aims to clarify the diagnostic cutoff values of REM sleep without atonia (RWA) for identifying isolated RBD (iRBD) in Japanese population. We will analyze these cutoff values according to the established methods and explore their validity with clinical and neurophysiological markers.
Methods: We analyzed RWA in 79 patients with clinical iRBD and 59 age-, sex-, PLMS- apnea-hypopnea index-matched controls. Cutoff values for diagnosing iRBD for phasic RWA in the SM and limbs, tonic RWA in the SM, and a combination of any RWA in the SM and phasic RWA in the FDS were calculated. In patients with iRBD, clinical and neurophysiological markers were compared between groups categorized by the existing cutoff level and the newly defined level in this study.
Results: Optimized and maximized specificity diagnostic cutoffs for iRBD were: 9.4 and 15.6% in phasic RWA in the SM and limbs (AUC = 0.992), 0.94% and 11.9% in tonic RWA in SM (AUC = 0.912), and 11.3% and 11.3% in combination of any RWA in the SM and phasic RWA in the FDS (AUC = 0.973). Clinical and neurophysiological markers were mostly not different between the groups categorized by the previous and current cutoff values.
Conclusions: A lower RWA cutoff for diagnosing iRBD was identified in Japanese individuals compared to Western populations, though the clinical significance of this difference was minimal.
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