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Sleep Medicine 16 (2015) 414–418 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Sleep Medicine journal homepage: /locate/sleep Original Article Gender differences in REM sleep behavior disorder: a clinical and polysomnographic study in China Junying Zhou a,b, Jihui Zhang b, Yun Li a, Lina Du a, Zhe Li a, Fei Lei a, Yun-Kwok Wing b, Clete A. Kushida c, Dong Zhou a, Xiangdong Tang a,* a Sleep Medicine Center, Mental Health Center, Department of Neurology, Translational Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China b Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong c Sleep Medicine Center, Stanford University, CA, USA A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Objective: Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) has been considered a male- Received 10 July 2014 predominant parasomnia, and there is little comparative data on potential differences between males Received in revised form 12 September and females. Therefore, the aim of our study was to examine and characterize gender difference in RBD. 2014 Methods: Ninety patients diagnosed with RBD were consecutively recruited from a sleep medicine clinic. Accepted 14 October 2014 All patients were assessed by a RBD questionnaire and overnight video polysomnography. Demograph- Available online 22 January 2015 ic, clinical data, presence of dreams and dream-e