Journal of Sleep Disorders & Therapy
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Sleep Disorders Center at Fukuoka, Fukuoka Urasoe Clinic, 2-12-19-9F Ropponmatsu, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0044, Japan

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• Research Article   
  Threshold of the Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep and Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep with Arousal Indices
  Author(s): Masako Kato* and Yuji Yamaguchi
  
  Background: Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep (PLMS) and Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep with Arousal (PLMA) worsen sleep quality. To address the diagnostic values of the PLMS and PLMA indices, which worsen Polysomnography (PSG) outcomes, we performed Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve analyses. Methods: Impaired PSG parameters were defined as Sleep Efficiency (SE) < 85%, Total Sleep Time (TST) < 360 min, and percentage of Wake After Sleep Onset (WASO) in sleep period time ≥ 15%. Results: This retrospective study included 222 patients with a PLMS index ≥ 15 and an apnea-hypopnea index < 5 determined using PSG. ROC curve analyses showed that the thresholds of PLMS for decreased SE, decreased TST, and increased WASO were 28.8 (Area Under the Curve [AUC], 0.638; 95% Confidence Interval [CI], .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-0277.23.12.424

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