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. 2021 Jul 1;17(7):1343–1354. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.9192

Table 5.

Kappa values and accuracy of manual sleep staging vs CReSS sleep staging in MESA by sleep apnea severity subgroups.

Sleep Stage Discrimination No SDB (n = 63) Mild SDB (n = 76) Moderate SDB (n = 73) Severe SDB (n = 84)
Kappa (95% CI) Percent Accuracy Kappa (95% CI) Percent Accuracy Kappa (95% CI) Percent Accuracy Kappa (95% CI) Percent Accuracy
CReSS Applied to Heart Rate and Airflow Signals
Wake/LS/DS/REM sleep 0.648 (0.643–0.653) 77.7 0.653 (0.648–0.657) 78.0 0.650 (0.646–0.655) 77.8 0.621 (0.617–0.626) 76.9
Wake/sleep 0.729 (0.723–0.736) 90.9 0.734 (0.728–0.740) 90.7 0.721 (0.716–0.727) 88.9 0.667 (0.661–0.673) 87.2
NREM sleep/REM sleep 0.808 (0.801–0.815) 94.1 0.807 (0.801–0.813) 93.8 0.781 (0.773–0.788) 93.3 0.763 (0.755–0.770) 93.0
LS/DS 0.473 (0.461–0.486) 84.7 0.442 (0.429–0.455) 85.4 0.479 (0.465–0.493) 87.3 0.477 (0.463–0.491) 89.6
Wake/NREM sleep/REM sleep 0.743 (0.738–0.748) 86.5 0.744 (0.740–0.749) 86.2 0.720 (0.716–0.725) 84.4 0.677 (0.672–0.682) 82.5
CReSS Applied to Heart Rate, Airflow, and Thoracic Respiratory Effort Signals
Wake/LS/DS/REM sleep 0.687 (0.682–0.692) 80.1 0.682 (0.677–0.686) 79.8 0.692 (0.687–0.696) 80.3 0.662 (0.657–0.666) 79.2
Wake/sleep 0.774 (0.768–0.780) 92.2 0.767 (0.761–0.772) 91.7 0.770 (0.765–0.776) 90.7 0.720 (0.714–0.725) 89.1
NREM sleep/REM sleep 0.842 (0.836–0.849) 95.1 0.847 (0.841–0.852) 95.0 0.816 (0.810–0.823) 94.3 0.790 (0.783–0.796) 93.6
LS/DS 0.484 (0.471–0.496) 85.3 0.418 (0.405–0.432) 85.2 0.472 (0.458–0.486) 87.6 0.465 (0.451–0.480) 89.7
Wake/NREM sleep/REM sleep 0.785 (0.780–0.789) 88.6 0.781 (0.777–0.786) 88.1 0.767 (0.763–0.771) 86.9 0.722 (0.718–0.727) 84.7

Discriminations of wake/LS/DS/REM sleep and wake/NREM sleep/REM sleep are based on all epochs. For the discrimination of NREM sleep/REM sleep that does not include wake, we transformed the confusion matrix by removing the wake column and row; the same transformation was undertaken for the LS/DS discrimination by removing both wake and REM sleep. CI = confidence interval, CReSS = CardioRespiratory Sleep Staging, LS = light sleep (corresponding to N1 + N2), DS = deep sleep (corresponding to N3), MESA = Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, NREM = non-REM, REM = rapid eye movement, SDB = sleep-disordered breathing.