Weighted STOP-Bang and screening for sleep-disordered breathing

• Published in: Sleep & breathing Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 597 - 603
• Main Authors: Nahapetian, Ryan, Silva, Graciela E., Vana, Kimberly D., Parthasarathy, Sairam, Quan, Stuart F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis; Area Under Curve; Dentistry; Female; Health; Humans; Internal Medicine; Likelihood Functions; Male; Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neurology; Otorhinolaryngology; Pediatrics; Pneumology/Respiratory System; Polysomnography; Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data; ROC Curve; Sleep apnea; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - diagnosis; Sleep Breathing Physiology and Disorders • Original Article; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult; Sleep Heart Health Study; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep-disordered breathing; STOP-Bang

Background STOP-Bang is a tool for predicting the likelihood for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). In the conventional score, all variables are dichotomous. Our aim was to identify whether modifying the STOP-Bang scoring tool by weighting the variables could improve test characteristics. Methods Sub...