NoSAS Score (OSA screen)

NoSAS score (Marti-Soler 2016): screens for sleep-disordered breathing (0-17) from neck circumference, BMI, snoring, age, and sex.

Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.

Example

Neck circumference
42
BMI
31
Age
58
Male sex
Yes

Result: NoSAS 15/17: >= 8 -- high probability of sleep-disordered breathing; consider sleep evaluation.

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What the result means

Threshold
a score of >= 8 indicates a high probability of clinically significant sleep-disordered breathing; complementary to STOP-BANG.

What you enter

  • Neck circumference (cm)
  • BMI (kg/m^2)
  • Age (years)
  • Snoring
  • Male sex
How this is calculated
Components
neck > 40 cm (4), BMI 25 to < 30 (3) or >= 30 (5), snoring (2), age > 55 (4), and male sex (2), summed 0-17.

Marti-Soler H, Hirotsu C, Marques-Vidal P, et al. The NoSAS score for screening of sleep-disordered breathing: a derivation and validation study. Lancet Respir Med. 2016;4(9):742-748. Read the source ↗

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