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. 2016 Feb 16;139(4):1189–1199. doi: 10.1093/brain/aww018

Table 2.

ROC curves data in PDD patients and controls

Spectral measures Cut-off value Sensitivity Specificity AUC
% %
REM sleep a
Slow-to-fast ratio: Frontal 3.33 64 48 0.58 (ns)
Slow-to-fast ratio: Central 2.83 64 50 0.61 (ns)
Slow-to-fast ratio: Temporal 2.33 86 61 0.78
Slow-to-fast ratio: Parietal 2.99 71 71 0.77
Slow-to-fast ratio: Occipital 3.73 71 82 0.82
Wake b
Slow-to-fast ratio: Frontal 1.15 73 71 0.75
Slow-to-fast ratio: Central 0.83 73 66 0.74
Slow-to-fast ratio: Temporal 0.80 80 76 0.81
Slow-to-fast ratio: Parietal 0.68 73 61 0.78
Slow-to-fast ratio: Occipital 0.78 73 71 0.81
DOF 8.35 73 83 0.79
N-REM sleep
Sigma power: Parietal 4.53 67 68 0.70

a PDD, n = 14;.

b PDD, n = 15, Controls, n = 41.

AUC = area under the curve; ns = non-significant; DOF = dominant occipital frequency.