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  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Sleep Medicine

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  • Idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) is a parasomnia with high risk of phenoconversion to synucleinopathies.
  • Machine learning (ML) applications in diagnosing neurological disorders are emerging, but its use in iRBD detection is understudied.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate ML models for accurate identification of iRBD patients.
  • To assess the diagnostic utility of heart rate variability (HRV) components and cardiac autonomic indices in iRBD detection.

Main Methods:

  • Collected 24-hour HRV data from 32 participants (20 iRBD patients, 12 controls) undergoing video-polysomnography.
  • Calculated cardiac autonomic indices and assessed discriminating performance of single HRV features.
  • Trained and evaluated ML models (Logistic Regression, Random Forest, XGBoost) using HRV data, assessing performance via AUC, sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy.

Main Results:

  • Single cardiac autonomic indices showed limited diagnostic performance (63-69% accuracy).
  • The Random Forest model achieved excellent accuracy (94%), sensitivity (95%), and specificity (92%) in distinguishing iRBD patients.
  • XGBoost model also demonstrated high performance (91% accuracy), while the mean triangular index during wake (TIw) showed 81% accuracy.

Conclusions:

  • ML algorithms, particularly Random Forest, can accurately identify patients with iRBD.
  • The developed ML model shows potential for clinical application in the early detection of iRBD.
  • Early detection of iRBD is crucial due to its association with synucleinopathies.