Research Article

Screening for Sleep Apnoea in Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Utility of the Multivariable Apnoea Prediction Index

Table 4

ROC curve analysis demonstrating the area under the curve (AUC) values according to various apnoea-hypopnoea index (AHI) scores for the whole sample ( ), control ( ), and MCI ( ) samples.

AHISampleAUC (95% CI)

AHI ≥ 5Whole0.567 (0.323, 0.837)
Control0.699 (0.349, 0.968)
MCI0.576 (0.099, 0.816)

AHI ≥ 15Whole0.580 (0.161, 0.500)
Control0.671 (0.173, 0.643)
MCI0.504 (0.351, 0.872)

AHI ≥ 30Whole0.502 (0.084, 0.334)
Control0.761 (0.306, 0.732)
MCI0.650 (0.457, 0.881)

ROC: receiver operating characteristic; AHI: apnoea-hypopnoea index; AUC: area under the curve; MCI: mild cognitive impairment.