REM Sleep Abnormalities in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder - PubMed
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- #REM sleep
- #machine learning
- #autism spectrum disorder
- Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) exhibit reduced REM sleep proportion and duration compared to non-ASD peers.
- ASD children show prolonged REM latency and increased duration and proportion of the first REM episode.
- REM sleep abnormalities are more pronounced in younger children with ASD, particularly those aged 3-5 and 6-8 years.
- Machine learning models, specifically XGBoost, identified REM sleep features as predictive markers for ASD.
- SHAP analysis highlighted decreased REM duration, increased first REM proportion/duration, and prolonged REM latency as key discriminative features for ASD.