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Table 2 Comparison of the performance of the individual items with confidence intervals in the Berlin questionnaire for prediction of OSA against polysomnography and home sleep study

From: Use of Berlin questionnaire in comparison to polysomnography and home sleep study in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

 

AHI ≥ 5/h

AHI ≥ 15/h

AHI ≥ 30/h

 

PSG

Embletta

PSG

Embletta

PSG

Embletta

Sensitivity

0.80

(0.73, 0.88)

0.76

(0.68, 0.83)

0.78

(0.69, 0.87)

0.81

(0.73, 0.90)

0.79

(0.68, 0.91)

0.88

(0.79, 0.98)

Specificity

0.39

(0.16, 0.61)

0.68

(0.48, 0.89)

0.23

(0.11, 0.36)

0.48

(0.35, 0.61)

0.24

(0.14, 0.33)

0.38

(0.29, 0.48)

PPV

0.89

(0.83, 0.95)

0.94

(0.89, 0.99)

0.67

(0.58, 0.76)

0.71

(0.62, 0.80)

0.38

(0.29, 0.48)

0.38

(0.29, 0.48)

NPV

0.24

(0.09, 0.40)

0.30

(0.17, 0.44)

0.35

(0.17, 0.52)

0.63

(0.48, 0.77)

0.66

(0.48, 0.83)

0.88

(0.79, 0.98)

LR+

1.31

(0.90, 1.91)

2.39

(1.23, 4.68)

1.02

(0.83, 1.24)

1.57

(1.20, 2.06)

1.03

(0.86, 1.25)

1.43

(1.19, 1.73)

LR-

0.51

(0.26, 1.02)

0.36

(0.23, 0.55)

0.95

(0.49, 1.86)

0.39

(0.23, 0.65)

0.89

(0.45, 1.75)

0.30

(0.12, 0.72)