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Multiple Output Gaussian Process Model for Predicting Low Birth Weight in Medellín, Colombia: An Alternative to

Diego Alejandro Salazar Blandon1, Hernán Felipe García Arias2, Juan José Giraldo Gutiérrez3

  • 1School of Nursing, University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia. alejandro.salazar@udea.edu.co.

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A new Gaussian process model successfully combined birth weight and low birth weight status prediction using perinatal data. This flexible framework offers a viable alternative for analyzing multiple health outcomes simultaneously.

Keywords:
Low birth weightMachine learningModels

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Area of Science:

  • Perinatal epidemiology
  • Statistical modeling
  • Machine learning

Background:

  • Routinely collected perinatal data often contain multiple related outcomes.
  • Conventional models typically analyze these outcomes separately.
  • A unified approach could improve predictive accuracy and efficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the feasibility of a heterogeneous multi-output Gaussian process model.
  • To jointly model continuous birth weight and binary low birth weight status.
  • To compare its predictive performance against single-output models.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized live-birth certificate data from Medellín, Colombia (2012-2021).
  • Applied a heterogeneous multi-output Gaussian process model for joint analysis.
  • Compared predictions with conventional single-output regression and classification models.

Main Results:

  • The multi-output model demonstrated acceptable predictive performance (R²=0.67 for birth weight, accuracy=0.845 for low birth weight).
  • Performance was comparable to models analyzing each outcome independently.
  • Results support the practical feasibility of the unified probabilistic framework.

Conclusions:

  • The heterogeneous multi-output Gaussian process model is a viable method for jointly analyzing birth weight and low birth weight classification.
  • This study demonstrates a flexible framework for perinatal data analysis.
  • Future research can extend this approach to other public health-relevant outcomes.