Key result
Heart rate complexity measured by multiscale entropy was higher during non-REM sleep compared to wake and REM stages, and increased with sleep deepening.
Why the study?
Can multiscale entropy analysis of heart rate variability differentiate between different sleep stages?
Observational
Can multiscale entropy analysis of heart rate variability differentiate between different sleep stages?
Multiscale entropy analysis of heart rate variability can effectively classify different sleep stages, with heart rate complexity increasing as sleep deepens.
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May aid non-EEG sleep staging via wearables; leaves open prospective validation before clinical adoption.
The potential application of multiscale entropy (MSE) to analyze the heart rate variability (HRV) during different sleep stages, i.e. wake/Rapid Eye Movement (REM) /light sleep/deep sleep, was investigated. The RR sequences of 5 min from four sleep stages were analyzed by the measurements of MSE under three scales (MSE1, MSE2 and MSE3). The results demonstrated that the complexity of heart rate (HR) in non-REM(NREM) is significantly higher (p<;0.01) than that in wake and REM, and the complexity becomes higher with sleep deepening (p<;0.01). MSE3 corresponding to r=0.25*STD reveal the most powerful entropy measurement for classifying different sleep stages.
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Xiao et al. (2012) conducted an observational in Sleep. Non-REM (NREM) sleep vs. Wake and REM sleep was evaluated on Complexity of heart rate (HR) measured by multiscale entropy (p=<0.01). Heart rate complexity measured by multiscale entropy was higher during non-REM sleep compared to wake and REM stages, and increased with sleep deepening.
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