Fig 1.
Flow chart of screened, excluded and analyzed studies.
Fig 2.
Flow chart for data collection and grouping of the studies for systematic review and meta-analysis.
AHI: Apnea-Hypopnea Index; RDI: Respiratory Disturbance Index; n: number of participants.
Table 1.
The characteristics of the included studies.
Table 2.
Demographic data of patients using STOP-Bang questionnaire.
Fig 3.
Forest plot for pooled sensitivity and specificity for various OSA severities in Sleep Clinic populations.
TP—True Positive, FP—False Positive, FN—False Negative, TN—True Negative, CI—confidence Interval.
Fig 4.
Forest plot for pooled Diagnostic odds ratio for various OSA severities in Sleep Clinic populations.
OR—Odd Ratio, CI—Confidence Interval.
Table 3.
Pooled Predictive parameters of STOP-Bang ≥3 as cut-off.
Fig 5.
Forest plot for pooled sensitivity and specificity for various OSA severities in surgical populations.
TP—True Positive, FP—False Positive, FN—False Negative, TN—True Negative, CI—confidence Interval.
Fig 6.
Forest plot for pooled Diagnostic Odds Ratio for various OSA severities in Surgical populations.
OR—Odd Ratio, CI—Confidence Interval.
Table 4.
Predictive parameters of the various STOP-Bang score cut-offs for the different AHI levels in sleep clinic and surgical population.
Fig 7.
The relation between the various STOP-Bang scores and OSA probability.
OSA—obstructive sleep apnea, AHI—apnea-hypopnea index, SBQ—STOP-Bang Questionnaire.