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J. Albuquerque, A. Medeiros, A. Alves, M. Bourbon, M. Antunes
PloS one, vol. 17(6), 2022, pp. e0269713
PloS one, vol. 17(6), 2022, pp. e0269713
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Albuquerque, J., Medeiros, A., Alves, A., Bourbon, M., & Antunes, M. (2022). Comparative study on the performance of different classification algorithms, combined with pre- and post-processing techniques to handle imbalanced data, in the diagnosis of adult patients with familial hypercholesterolemia. PloS One, 17(6), e0269713. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269713
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Albuquerque, J., A. Medeiros, A. Alves, M. Bourbon, and M. Antunes. “Comparative Study on the Performance of Different Classification Algorithms, Combined with Pre- and Post-Processing Techniques to Handle Imbalanced Data, in the Diagnosis of Adult Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia.” PloS one 17, no. 6 (2022): e0269713.
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Albuquerque, J., et al. “Comparative Study on the Performance of Different Classification Algorithms, Combined with Pre- and Post-Processing Techniques to Handle Imbalanced Data, in the Diagnosis of Adult Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia.” PloS One, vol. 17, no. 6, 2022, p. e0269713, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0269713.
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@article{j2022a,
title = {Comparative study on the performance of different classification algorithms, combined with pre- and post-processing techniques to handle imbalanced data, in the diagnosis of adult patients with familial hypercholesterolemia},
year = {2022},
issue = {6},
journal = {PloS one},
pages = {e0269713},
volume = {17},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0269713},
author = {Albuquerque, J. and Medeiros, A. and Alves, A. and Bourbon, M. and Antunes, M.}
}
Abstract
Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an inherited disorder of cholesterol metabolism. Current criteria for FH diagnosis, like Simon Broome (SB) criteria, lead to high false positive rates. The aim of this work was to explore alternative classification procedures for FH diagnosis, based on different biological and biochemical indicators. For this purpose, logistic regression (LR), naive Bayes classifier (NB), random forest (RF) and extreme gradient boosting (XGB) algorithms were combined with Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE), or threshold adjustment by maximizing Youden index (YI), and compared. Data was tested through a 10 × 10 repeated k-fold cross validation design. The LR model presented an overall better performance, as assessed by the areas under the receiver operating characteristics (AUROC) and precision-recall (AUPRC) curves, and several operating characteristics (OC), regardless of the strategy to cope with class imbalance. When adopting either data processing technique, significantly higher accuracy (Acc), G-mean and F1 score values were found for all classification algorithms, compared to SB criteria (p < 0.01), revealing a more balanced predictive ability for both classes, and higher effectiveness in classifying FH patients. Adjustment of the cut-off values through pre or post-processing methods revealed a considerable gain in sensitivity (Sens) values (p < 0.01). Although the performance of pre and post-processing strategies was similar, SMOTE does not cause model’s parameters to loose interpretability. These results suggest a LR model combined with SMOTE can be an optimal approach to be used as a widespread screening tool.
