Application of Machine Learning Techniques for Clinical Predictive Modeling: A Cross-Sectional Study on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in China.

Background. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common chronic liver diseases. Machine learning techniques were introduced to evaluate the optimal predictive clinical model of NAFLD. Methods. A cross-sectional study was performed with subjects who attended a health examinatio...

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Publicado en:BioMed Research International pp. 1 - 10
Autores principales: Ma, Han, Xu, Cheng-fu, Shen, Zhe, Yu, Chao-hui, Li, You-ming
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell 10/3/2018
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        atl: Application of Machine Learning Techniques for Clinical Predictive Modeling: A Cross-Sectional Study on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in China.
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          Ma, Han
          Xu, Cheng-fu
          Shen, Zhe
          Yu, Chao-hui
          Li, You-ming
        affil: Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China
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          Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Diagnosis
          Machine Learning Utilization
          Human
          China
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Academic Medical Centers
          Questionnaires
          Diagnosis, Laboratory
          Physical Examination
          Ultrasonography Methods
          Liver Ultrasonography
          Software
          Body Mass Index
          Triglycerides Blood
          gamma-Glutamyltransferase Blood
          Alanine Aminotransferase Blood
          Uric Acid Blood
          Probability
          Sensitivity and Specificity
          Logistic Regression
          Predictive Value of Tests
      ab: Background. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common chronic liver diseases. Machine learning techniques were introduced to evaluate the optimal predictive clinical model of NAFLD. Methods. A cross-sectional study was performed with subjects who attended a health examination at the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University. Questionnaires, laboratory tests, physical examinations, and liver ultrasonography were employed. Machine learning techniques were then implemented using the open source software Weka. The tasks included feature selection and classification. Feature selection techniques built a screening model by removing the redundant features. Classification was used to build a prediction model, which was evaluated by the F-measure. 11 state-of-the-art machine learning techniques were investigated. Results. Among the 10,508 enrolled subjects, 2,522 (24%) met the diagnostic criteria of NAFLD. By leveraging a set of statistical testing techniques, BMI, triglycerides, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (γGT), the serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and uric acid were the top 5 features contributing to NAFLD. A 10-fold cross-validation was used in the classification. According to the results, the Bayesian network model demonstrated the best performance from among the 11 different techniques. It achieved accuracy, specificity, sensitivity, and F-measure scores of up to 83%, 0.878, 0.675, and 0.655, respectively. Compared with logistic regression, the Bayesian network model improves the F-measure score by 9.17%. Conclusion. Novel machine learning techniques may have screening and predictive value for NAFLD.
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