Research Article

Diagnostic Accuracy of Obstructive Airway Adult Test for Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Table 2

Sensitivity, specificity, Youden’s index, and AUC values for diagnosis of mild, moderate, and severe OSA with the Obstructive Airway Adult Test (OAAT).

Mild OSA
(AHI > 5; OAAT score > 38)
Moderate OSA
(AHI > 15; OAAT score > 57)
Severe OSA
(AHI > 30; OAAT score > 73)

Sensitivity94%89%68%
Specificity80%85%89%
Youden’s index0.740.740.57
Are under the ROC
curve (AUC) (95% C.I.)
0.91 (0.81–1.00)0.90 (0.82–0.98)0.84 (0.76–0.92)