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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2020 Aug;62(8):e442–e448. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001937

TABLE 5.

Estimation of Positive Predictive Value (PPV) of OSA Screening Criteria

Criteria Used Positive Diagnosis for OSA Positive Screening for OSA PPV
Either JTF or FMCSA
 Best case scenario 84 91 92%
 Intermediate case scenario 118 141 84%
 Worst case scenario 84 141 60%
JTF
 Best case scenario 83 86 97%
 Intermediate case scenario 105 118 89%
 Worst case scenario 83 118 70%
FMCSA
 Best case scenario 65 72 90%
 Intermediate case scenario 94 111 85%
 Worst case scenario 65 111 59%
Both JTF/FMCSA
 Best case scenario 64 67 96%
 Intermediate case scenario 81 88 92%
 Worst case scenario 64 88 73%

F/U, follow-up; PPV, positive predictive value.