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. 2023 Jan 1;19(1):63–71. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.10268

Table 3.

RWA.

PDwoRBD n = 6 PDwRBD n = 7 MSA n = 7 P P values for two-groups comparisons
woRBD n = 6 RBD n = 14 PDwoRBD vs PDwRBD PDwoRBD vs MSA PDwRBD vs MSA
Tonic, chin (%) 0.0 (0.0–0.84) 40.90 ± 31.85 51.04 ± 31.30 .045 >.99 .027 >.99
45.97 ± 30.79 < .001
Phasic, chin (%) 21.63 ± 8.93 36.40 ± 14.25 30.38 ± 16.43 1 n.a. n.a. n.a.
33.39 ± 15.10 1
Phasic, FDS (%) 12.49 ± 5.46 44.13 (42.85–45.24) 49.23 ± 12.05 .018 .027 .027 >.99
48.15 ± 5.46 < .001
Phasic, SCM (%) 1.79 ± 0.87 22.49 ± 7.77 27.73 ± 12.77 < .001 .002 <.001 >.99
25.11 ± 10.52 < .001
Phasic, TA (%) 38.31 ± 30.27 36.56 ± 13.96 44.37 ± 17.70 1 n.a. n.a. n.a.
31.96 (26.44-64.17) 1
“Any”, chin (%) 16.56 ± 7.94 58.10 ± 24.29 61.70 ± 21.68 .009 <.001 <.001 >.99
59.90 ± 22.19 < .001
SINBAR index (%) 25.24 ± 10.55 74.97 ± 16.23 79.34 ± 7.47 < .001 <.001 <.001 >.99
77.16 ± 12.35 < .001
“Any” chin or phasic SCM (%) 16.80 ± 8.82 64.64 ± 22.64 70.89 ± 14.78 < .001 <.001 <.001 >.99
67.76 ± 18.65 < .001
“Any” chin or phasic TA (%) 47.11 ± 26.17 69.37 ± 20.86 79.32 ± 8.10 .234 >.99 .225 >.99
74.35 ± 16.05 .090

Data are reported as mean ± SD and as median (interquartile range). “Any” refers to tonic or phasic electromyogram activity. FDS = flexor digitorum superficialis, MSA = multiple system atrophy, PDwoRBD = Parkinson disease without rapid eye movement sleep disorder, PDwRBD = Parkinson disease with rapid eye movement sleep disorder, RWA, rapid eye movement sleep without atonia, SCM = sternocleidomastoid, SD = standard deviation, SINBAR = Sleep Innsbruck Barcelona, TA = tibialis anterior.