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Table 1 Agreement between manual and computerized detection and analysis of LM, evaluated with intraclass correlation coefficients

From: Validation of a leg movements count and periodic leg movements analysis in a custom polysomnography system

 

Manual quantification

Computerized quantification

Intraclass correlation coefficient

P values

LM index right

 LMS/h, TST

12.3 (6–37.4)

13.9 (6.3–37.3)

0.997 (0.995–0.999)

<0.001 *

 LMS/h, NREM sleep

13.8 (4.8–44)

13.9 (5.2–43.7)

0.998 (0.996–0.999)

<0.001 *

 LMS/h, REM sleep

12.8 (6.1–33.7)

11.9 (5.4–33.5)

0.989 (0.979–0.994)

<0.001 *

 LMW

59.7 (39.5–80)

63.7 (48.4–86.3)

0.911 (0.839–0.952)

<0.001 *

LM index left

 LMS/h, TST

12.9 (5.4–32)

13.1 (5.4–32.1)

0.995 (0.991–0.998)

<0.001 *

 LMS/h, NREM sleep

13.3 (3.8–35.7)

13.5 (4.1–36.1)

0.996 (0.992–0.998)

<0.001 *

 LMS/h, REM sleep

10.5 (7–24.1)

10.3 (7–25.1)

0.991 (0.982–0.995)

<0.001 *

 LMW

57.8 (42.2–76.6)

55.2 (43.9–79.6)

0.939 (0.888–0.967)

<0.001 *

  1. LM leg movements, LMS leg movements during sleep, LMW leg movements during wakefulness, TST total sleep time
  2. *Significant p-values after correction for multiple comparisons according to Bonferroni are given in bold letters