Research Article

Comparative Study between Sequential Automatic and Manual Home Respiratory Polygraphy Scoring Using a Three-Channel Device: Impact of the Manual Editing of Events to Identify Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Table 2

(a) Automatic and manual indexes (AHI and ODI) from ApneaLink Plus. (b) Automatic and manual AHI for different grade of severity.
(a)

AHI (eV/h)ODI (eV/h)

Manual16.87 ± 17.7120.31 ± 17.96
Automatic17.25 ± 17.4221.20 ± 17.96

(b)

aAHImAHI

<5173176
≥5 and <15288296
≥15 and <30193191
≥30137128

aAHI: automatic scoring of apneas hypopneas index; mAHI: manual scoring of apneas hypopneas index; ODI: oxygen desaturation index.