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. 2021 Oct 5;23(10):e26476. doi: 10.2196/26476

Table 4.

Epoch-by-epoch analysisa.

State Sensitivity Specificity Accuracy MCCb PPVc NPVd
WASOe 0.428 0.898 0.824 0.329 0.438 0.894
Light sleep 0.534 0.574 0.553 0.108 0.592 0.516
Deep sleep 0.279 0.920 0.776 0.250 0.501 0.815
REMf sleep 0.548 0.889 0.861 0.339 0.306 0.956
REM sleep <120 minute 0.432 0.963 0.934 0.383 0.403 0.967
REM sleep >120 minute 0.570 0.864 0.837 0.329 0.296 0.953

aEpoch-by-epoch comparison of Fitbit and polysomnography stages.Each stage—wakefulness after sleep onset, light sleep (non–rapid eye movement [REM] stage 1 [N1] sleep+NREM stage 2 sleep), deep sleep (NREM stage 3 sleep), and REM sleep—was analyzed. REM sleep was divided into analyses with REM sleep episodes occurring during the first 120 minutes after sleep onset with N1 sleep criteria (N1 sleep onset) and REM sleep episodes occurring later than 120 minutes after N1 sleep onset. Various performance measures were used, including sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, the Matthews correlation coefficient, the positive predictive value, and the negative predictive value. More information on these measures can be found in the Methods section. Fitbit showed mostly good specificity but poor sensitivity. The accuracy was relatively high except for the light sleep stage. The Matthews correlation coefficient displayed a moderately positive relationship, with light and deep sleep being considerably less good. The negative predictive value was usually higher than the positive predictive value.

bMCC: Matthews correlation coefficient.

cPPV: positive predictive value.

dNPV: negative predictive value.

eWASO: wakefulness after sleep onset.

fREM: rapid eye movement.