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  "abstract": "Estimating Parkinson's disease (PD) risk years before diagnosis remains an unmet need. We applied a validated machine learning classifier for REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) detection to 7-day wrist accelerometry data in 87,975 UK Biobank participants followed for 10 years. Participants in the highest RBD risk stratum (>99th percentile) had an approximately fivefold increased hazard of incident PD compared with the lowest-risk group (0-90th percentile), with a dose-dependent relationship across the full score distribution. Among non-converters, higher RBD-classifier scores were associated with baseline cognitive deficits and greater burden of autonomic and psychiatric prodromal features. The association with incident PD remained independent of PD polygenic risk score, while RBD-classifier score and genetic risk were synergistic. The combined high-risk group achieved a positive likelihood ratio of 7.91, approximately threefold higher than questionnaire-based RBD screening. At this High-risk threshold over the 10-year horizon, the classifier showed a sensitivity of 7.4%, specificity of 99.2%, positive predictive value of 7.5%, and negative predictive value of 99.2% for incident PD (N=50,816). These findings support wrist accelerometry as a scalable, high-specificity approach for prodromal PD risk enrichment.",
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    {
      "name": "G. R. Mejia"
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      "name": "L. Liu"
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    {
      "name": "L. Zhou"
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    {
      "name": "K. H. Ryu"
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    {
      "name": "S. D. Wickramaratne"
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      "name": "E. During"
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/efcy61aq04q2x.bib",
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  "doi": "10.64898/2026.07.02.26356952",
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  "published": "2026-07-02",
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  "title": "Accelerometry-Derived REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Score Is Associated with Incident Parkinson's Disease in the UK Biobank",
  "title_text": "Accelerometry-Derived REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Score Is Associated with Incident Parkinson's Disease in the UK Biobank",
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