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Emmanuel S Adabor1, Patrick Adu2, Daniel Adomako Asamoah3

  • 1School of Technology, Ghana Institute of Management and Public and Administration, Accra, Ghana. emmanuelsadabor@gimpa.edu.gh.

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A new machine learning method, BamClassifier, accurately assesses iron deficiency (ID) using complete blood count data. This approach improves diagnosis, outperforming existing methods and enabling large-scale, cost-effective ID screening.

Keywords:
ClassificationIron deficiencyIron deficiency assessmentMachine learning

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  • Biomedical Informatics
  • Machine Learning in Healthcare
  • Hematology

Background:

  • Iron deficiency (ID) is a prevalent condition often under-diagnosed due to non-specific symptoms and diagnostic challenges.
  • Accurate assessment of ID is crucial for preventing adverse clinical and functional impairments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce BamClassifier, a novel machine learning method for the accurate assessment of iron deficiency.
  • To evaluate the performance of BamClassifier against established methods using real-world and simulated data.

Main Methods:

  • BamClassifier utilizes routine complete blood count data.
  • It employs a bag-of-predictions approach with repeated sampling and median-supplemented machine learning models.
  • ID status is assigned based on the highest frequency counts from aggregated predictions.

Main Results:

  • BamClassifier achieved a perfect area under the receiver operating characteristic curve in all experiments.
  • The method significantly outperformed existing techniques in accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, precision, and diagnostic odds ratio.
  • Effectiveness was demonstrated on datasets from Ghana and simulated data.

Conclusions:

  • BamClassifier offers a highly effective and accurate method for iron deficiency assessment.
  • Its application can facilitate large-scale ID studies, reduce costs, and standardize diagnostic interpretations.
  • This machine learning approach addresses current limitations in ID diagnosis.