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Table 3 Diagnostic performance of four machine learning algorithms

From: Machine learning of plasma metabolome identifies biomarker panels for metabolic syndrome: findings from the China Suboptimal Health Cohort

Machine learning algorithms

Models

Sensitivity

Specificity

Non-error Rate

AUC (95% CI)

Support vector machine

Metabolites

0.878

0.837

0.846

0.887 (0.857–0.915)

Risk factors

0.956

0.909

0.919

0.979 (0.971–0.986)

Random forest

Metabolites

0.956

0.971

0.968

0.993 (0.988–0.997)

Risk factors

0.995

0.996

0.996

1.000 (0.999–1.000)

K-nearest neighbor

Metabolites

0.985

0.734

0.785

0.914 (0.895–0.930)

Risk factors

0.980

0.871

0.893

0.977 (0.970–0.984)

Logistic regression

Metabolites

0.673

0.742

0.728

0.755 (0.715–0.794)

Risk factors

0.847

0.912

0.861

0.944 (0.929–0.959)

  1. The 95% CIs of AUCs were estimated using bootstrap resampling for 2000 times
  2. AUC area under curve, CI confidence interval