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Abstract Introduction In this pilot study, we explored sleep biomarker risk probabilities for different neurodegenerative disorder (NDD) phenotypes across a spectrum of NDD patients, compared with controls. Methods We analyzed a cohort of patients with different NDD phenotypes who underwent in-home recordings with Sleep Profiler, including Lewy body disease (LBD=20), Alzheimer’s disease dementia (AD=29), and isolated REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD=19). Controls with an MMSE>28 (CG=61) and patients with Parkinson disease (PD=16) and mild-cognitive-impairment (MCI=41) also participated. We developed a machine-learning classifier that assigned NDD probabilities for LBD, AD, iRBD, and CG. The input variables included: time-REM, non-REM hypertonia, autonomic-activation index, spindle-duration, atypical-N3, time-supine, sleep-efficiency, relative-theta, and theta/alpha. Probabilities >50% were assigned “likely”, and for CG>=50% and a NDD group probability 20-50%, the assignment was normal “plus”. Probability assignments were then made for the NDD and CG groups, then further applied to the PD and MCI patient groups. Results The CG group participants were assigned Normal-Likely=74%, Normal+AD=11%, Normal+iRBD=5%, iRBD-Likely=5%, and AD-Likely=5%. LBD patient distributions were LBD-Likely=70%, iRBD-Likely=5%, AD-Likely=5%, Normal+LBD=5%, Normal+iRBD=5%, Normal+AD=5%, and Normal-Likely=5%. AD group distributions were AD-Likely=71%, LBD-Likely=4%, Normal+AD=14%, Normal+iRBD=4%, Normal-Likely=7%. iRBD patients were characterized with iRBD-Likely=37%, LBD-Likely=5%, AD-Likely=5%, Normal+iRBD=27%, Normal-Likely=26%. PD patients were assigned iRBD-Likely=29%, LBD-likely=14%, AD-Likely=14%, Normal+iRBD=21%, Normal+AD=7%, Normal-Likely=14%. MCI distributions were AD-Likely=45%, LBD-Likely=8%, iRBD-Likely=5%, Normal+AD=21%, Normal-Likely=13%. Conclusions For LBD, AD and CG groups, correct risk assignments were >70% while gross misclassifications were <10%. Classification patterns for PD, MCI and iRBD were disbursed in a manner consistent with the range of severities expected in each group.

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