Research Article

Sleep in Genetically Confirmed Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration: A Video-Polysomnographic Study

Table 1

Polysomnographic characteristics of patients with PKAN.

Patient 1Patient 2Patient 3

Age253054
GenderFMM
Age of onset of PKAN162030
Sleep latency (min.)2.54113
Total sleep time (min.)250280.5384.9
N. of awakenings9103
Wake after sleep onset (WASO)17714110.5
Sleep efficiency (%)58.660.694.2
% Stage 1 sleep3.18.21.2
% Stage 2 sleep53.355.477.2
% SWS26.427.70.3
% Stage REM sleep17.28.721.4
N. of REM periods422
MA index4.67.310.1
PLMS index0010.9
% PLMS associated with MA21.6
AHI001.5

SWS: Slow Wave Sleep; REM: Rapid Eye Movements; MA: Microarousals; PLMS: Periodic Leg Movements during sleep; PLMW: Periodic Leg Movements during wakefulness; AHI: Apnea-Hypopnea Index.