Effects of age and sex on the performance of the NoSAS score as a screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea: a hospital-based retrospective study in China.

CONCLUSIONS: NoSAS score has better discrimination but lower sensitivity for predicting OSA in non-elderly and women than in their counterparts. Age- and sex-specific cutoff values reverse this imbalance. Our results underline the preference of age- and sex-specific cutoff values and the need for better age- and sex-specific screening algorithms.
PMID: 33222029 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Sleep and Breathing - November 21, 2020 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Zhang Z, Yang D, Wang H, Liu X Tags: Sleep Breath Source Type: research