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Weighted STOP-Bang and screening for sleep-disordered breathing

STOP-Bang is a tool for predicting the likelihood for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). In the conventional score, all variables are dichotomous. Our aim was to identify whether modifying the STOP-Bang scoring tool by weighting the variables could improve test characteristics.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/623579
Date12 September 2015
CreatorsNahapetian, Ryan, Silva, Graciela E, Vana, Kimberly D, Parthasarathy, Sairam, Quan, Stuart F
ContributorsUniversity of Arizona College of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Nursing, Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School
PublisherSPRINGER
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle
Rights© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Relationhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11325-015-1255-2

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