Table 4B.
Predicted probability of sleep apnea severity based upon a linear model of the total population studied vs. positive STOP-Bang Model responses
| STOP-Bang Score1 | Apnea/Hypopnea Index |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 5/hr | ≥ 5 to < 15/hr | ≥ 15 to < 30/hr | ≥ 30/hr | |
| 0 | 52.5% | 32.9% | 10.3% | 4.4% |
| 1 | 41.1% | 37.6% | 14.6% | 6.7% |
| 2 | 30.6% | 39.3% | 19.8% | 10.3% |
| 3 | 14.9% | 33.2% | 29.6% | 22.3% |
| 4 | 10.0% | 26.9% | 31.8% | 31.3% |
| 5 | 6.5% | 20.4% | 31.1% | 41.9% |
| 6 | 4.2% | 14.7% | 27.8% | 53.3% |
| 7 | 1.7% | 6.8% | 17.4% | 74.1% |
| 8 | 1.1% | 4.4% | 12.5% | 81.9% |
1
Numerical sum of the positive responses of the STOP-Bang model questionnaire.