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Machine learning models predict cognitive decline using multimodal data. While these models show partial generalizability to new datasets, performance decreases when applied across different sites or cohorts.

Keywords:

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Artificial Intelligence
Gerontology

Background:

Cognitive decline in aging shows significant individual variability.
Predicting cognitive decline continuum aids personalized interventions.
Machine learning models integrating diverse data show promise for predicting cognitive decline.

Purpose of the Study:

To replicate and validate machine learning models for predicting continuous cognitive decline.
To assess the generalizability of these models across independent datasets and acquisition sites.
To evaluate the impact of structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data on model performance.

Main Methods:

Multi-target random forest regression models were used.
Models predicted annual decline rates of Clinical Dementia Rating Scale Sum of Boxes (CDR-SOB) and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).
Model performance was evaluated within and across datasets (ADNI, OASIS-3).

Main Results:

Integrating structural MRI data improved model performance in the ADNI cohort, consistent with prior OASIS-3 findings.
Models exhibited statistically significant performance degradation when tested on unseen datasets.
Models trained on key features performed comparably to those using all features in external validation, indicating feature redundancy.

Conclusions:

Multimodal machine learning models for continuous cognitive decline prediction demonstrate partial generalizability.
Performance degradation across datasets highlights challenges in real-world application.
Unimodal models using only structural MRI features did not generalize well externally.