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Statistical machine learning of sleep and physical activity phenotypes from sensor data in 96,220 UK Biobank participants

Willetts, M.; Hollowell, S.; Aslett, L.J.M; Holmes, C.C.; Doherty, A.

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Authors

M. Willetts

S. Hollowell

C.C. Holmes

A. Doherty



Abstract

Current public health guidelines on physical activity and sleep duration are limited by a reliance on subjective self-reported evidence. Using data from simple wrist-worn activity monitors, we developed a tailored machine learning model, using balanced random forests with Hidden Markov Models, to reliably detect a number of activity modes. We show that physical activity and sleep behaviours can be classified with 87% accuracy in 159,504 minutes of recorded free-living behaviours from 132 adults. These trained models can be used to infer fine resolution activity patterns at the population scale in 96,220 participants. For example, we find that men spend more time in both low- and high- intensity behaviours, while women spend more time in mixed behaviours. Walking time is highest in spring and sleep time lowest during the summer. This work opens the possibility of future public health guidelines informed by the health consequences associated with specific, objectively measured, physical activity and sleep behaviours.

Citation

Willetts, M., Hollowell, S., Aslett, L., Holmes, C., & Doherty, A. (2018). Statistical machine learning of sleep and physical activity phenotypes from sensor data in 96,220 UK Biobank participants. Scientific Reports, 8(1), Article 7961. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26174-1

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 2, 2018
Online Publication Date May 21, 2018
Publication Date May 21, 2018
Deposit Date May 21, 2018
Publicly Available Date May 22, 2018
Journal Scientific Reports
Publisher Nature Research
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 8
Issue 1
Article Number 7961
DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26174-1

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