Research Article

A Clinical Prediction Formula for Apnea-Hypopnea Index

Table 2

Variables identified to be related to AHI in Spearman’s rho test and their correlation coefficients.

VariableCorrelation coefficientVariableCorrelation coefficient

BMI 0.491FVC−0.149
NC0.358FEV1%−0.101
WC0.371FEV1/FVC−0.085
HC0.112 PaO2−0.203
Smoking0.190 PaCO20.161
ESS0.103SpO2−0.242
TS0.431