Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Parkinson’s Disease Patients: Is Unattended Portable Monitoring a Suitable Tool?
Table 5
Performance of PM for multiple AHI cut-offs and ODI.
Parameters ()
Sensitivity (95% CI)
Specificity (95% CI)
PPV (95% CI)
NPV (95% CI)
Accuracy (95% CI)
AHI ≥ 5/h ()
RDI ≥ 5/h
0.84 (0.64–0.95)
0.67 (0.09–0.99)
0.95 (0.77–0.99)
0.33 (0.04–0.78)
0.82 (0.63–0.94)
AHI ≥ 15/h ()
RDI ≥ 10/h
0.62 (0.38–0.82)
0.71 (0.29–0.96)
0.87 (0.59–0.98)
0.38 (0.14–0.68)
0.64 (0.44–0.81)
RDI ≥ 15/h
0.33 (0.14–0.57)
0.71 (0.29–0.96)
0.78 (0.40–0.97)
0.26 (0.09–0.51)
0.43 (0.24–0.63)
RDI ≥ 20/h
0.33 (0.15–0.57)
1.00 (0.59–1.00)
1.00 (0.59–1.00)
0.33 (0.15–0.57)
0.50 (0.31–0.69)
AHI ≥ 30/h ()
RDI ≥ 30/h
0.56 (0.21–0.86)
1.00 (0.82–1.00)
1.00 (0.48–1.00)
0.83 (0.61–0.95)
0.86 (0.67–0.96)
ODIPSG ≥ 5/h ()
ODIPM ≥ 5/h
0.88 (0.47–0.99)
0.80 (0.56–0.94)
0.64 (0.31–0.89)
0.94 (0.71–1.00)
0.82 (0.63–0.94)
RDI (respiration disturbance index) was used for home portable monitoring. AHI (apnea hypopnea index) was used for polysomnography. ODI: oxygen desaturation index. 95% CI: 95% confidence interval. PPV: positive predictive value. NPV: negative predictive value.