Validation of the STOP-Bang Questionnaire as a Screening Tool for Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Different Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

• Mahesh Nagappa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mahesh Nagappa, Pu Liao, Jean Wong, Frances Chung

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Pu Liao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mahesh Nagappa, Pu Liao, Jean Wong, Frances Chung

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Jean Wong ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mahesh Nagappa, Pu Liao, Jean Wong, Frances Chung

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Dennis Auckley ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Metro Health Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America

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• Satya Krishna Ramachandran ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Health System, East Medical Center Drive, Michigan, United States of America

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• Stavros Memtsoudis ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, United States of America

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• Babak Mokhlesi ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Sleep Disorders Center and the Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Frances Chung

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mahesh Nagappa, Pu Liao, Jean Wong, Frances Chung

  * E-mail: frances.chung@uhn.ca

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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