Pulse Oximetry for the Detection of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Can the Memory Capacity of Oxygen Saturation Influence Their Diagnostic Accuracy?

Table 5

False negative cases.

	False negative	True positive	𝑃
Number	16	69
BMI (kg/m^2)*	25.7 ± 3.6	30.7 ± 6	<0.01
Baseline SO2 *	96 ± 1.36	94 ± 1.63	<0.01
RDI*	12.8 ± 5.4	37.6 ± 20.2	<0.01
% hypopneas	62.5	62	0.1
% RERAs	23.4	7	0.01

Values are expressed as mean ± SD*.