BMI 35  kg/m2 does not fit everyone: a modified STOP-Bang questionnaire for sleep apnea screening in the Chinese population.

CONCLUSIONS: We recommend using a BMI cutoff value (28 kg/m2), and a STOP-Bang score ≥ 4 allows the anesthetist to identify patients with high risk of OSA.
PMID: 29322383 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Sleep and Breathing - January 10, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Xia M, Liu S, Ji N, Xu J, Zhou Z, Tong J, Zhang Y Tags: Sleep Breath Source Type: research