Table 3.
Summary statistics for Berlin, STOP, and STOP-Bang questionnaires in the sleep clinic population
| Predictive parameters | Berlin AHI ≥ 5 | STOP AHI ≥ 5 | STOPB AHI ≥ 5 | Berlin AHI ≥ 15 | STOP AHI ≥ 15 | STOPB AHI ≥ 15 | Berlin AHI ≥ 30 | STOP AHI ≥ 30 | STOPB AHI ≥ 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 studies; n = 3503 | 7 studies; n = 2063 | 21 studies; n = 9250 | 11 studies; n = 3374 | 6 studies; n = 1638 | 19 studies; n = 8819 | 8 studies; n = 1345 | 6 studies; n = 1637 | 16 studies; n = 7203 | |
| Prevalence (% and range) | 83.8 (14.71–97.2) | 66.94 (13.79–97.20) | 79.98 (13.73–97.20) | 64 (25.49–86.72) | 58.42 (25.49–86.75) | 58.78 (25.00–86.75) | 50.11 (27.0–72.65) | 45.94 (28.37–76.00) | 39.25 (28.31–83.0) |
| Sensitivity (95% CI) | 0.848 (0.79, 0.891) | 0.904 (0.824, 0.95) | 0.919 (0.874, 0.949) | 0.843 (0.785, 0.887) | 0.903 (0.754, 0.966) | 0.945 (0.920, 0.963) | 0.886 (0.804, 0.936) | 0.945 (0.883, 0.975) | 0.959 (0.930, 0.976) |
| Specificity (95% CI) | 0.433 (0.296, 0.582) | 0.306 (0.148, 0.528) | 0.345 (0.248, 0.457) | 0.298 (0.204, 0.413) | 0.29 (0.098, 0.606) | 0.271 (0.181, 0.384) | 0.334 (0.211, 0.458) | 0.214 (0.104, 0.391) | 0.282 (0.199, 0.384) |
| False positive rate | 0.567 (0.418, 0.704) | 0.694 (0.472, 0.852) | 0.655 (0.543, 0.752) | 0.702 (0.587, 0.796) | 0.71 (0.394, 0.902) | 0.729 (0.616, 0.819) | 0.666 (0.515, 0.789) | 0.786 (0.609, 0.896) | 0.718 (0.616, 0.801) |
| Log LR + ve (95% CI) | 1.497 (1.066, 1.927) | 1.304 (0.970, 1.637) | 1. 403 (1.232, 1.598) | 1.201 (1.049, 1.353) | 1.273 (0.904, 1.642) | 1.296 (1.125, 1.466) | 1.330 (0.110, 1.550) | 1.203 (1.027, 1.279) | 1.336 (1.184, 1.488) |
| Log LR − ve (95% CI) | 0.350 (0.155–0.546) | 0.312 (0.118–0.506) | 0.235 (0.183, 0.301) | 0.527 (0.361, 0.693) | 0.333 (0.194, 0.472) | 0.203 (0.123, 0.466) | 0.343 (0.210, 0.475) | 0.256 (0.154, 0.357) | 0.146 (0.095, 0.196) |
| DOR (95% CI) | 4.270 (0.718, 7.822) | 4.174 (0.767, 7.581) | 5.969 (4.410, 7.529) | 2.279 (1.309, 3.249) | 3.825 (1.7, 5.949) | 6.383 (3.255, 9.511) | 3.882 (2.06, 5.704) | 4.704 (2.615, 6.794) | 9.168 (5.932, 12.405) |
AHI apnoea-hypopnoea index, STOPB STOP-Bang, CI confidence interval, LR likelihood ratio, DOR diagnostic odds ratio, LR likelihood ratio, + positive, − negative.