随机生存森林具有多变量纵向内源共变量
Anthony Devaux1,2,3, Catherine Helmer1, Robin Genuer4
1Univ. Bordeaux, INSERM, BPH, U1219, Bordeaux, France.
Statistical methods in medical research
|October 27, 2023
概括
这项研究引入了DynForest,这是一种针对个性化医学的新方法,可以使用患者病史预测临床事件风险. DynForest有效地处理复杂的,时间依赖的数据,以便更准确地预测风险.
科学领域:
- 生物统计学 生物统计学
- 个性化医疗是个性化的医疗.
- 医疗保健中的机器学习
背景情况:
- 从完整的病史中预测个体临床事件风险对于个性化医学至关重要.
- 现有的分析方法与许多依赖时间的预测器作斗争,这些预测器具有不规则的,容易出错的测量结果,并且会受到事件的信息截断的影响.
研究的目的:
- 扩大具有竞争风险的随机生存森林,以使用内源纵向预测器预测事件概率.
- 开发和评估一种在R包DynForest中实现的方法,能够处理复杂的患者病史数据以进行动态风险预测.
主要方法:
- 扩展具有竞争风险的随机生存森林 (DynForest),以结合时间依赖的纵向预测因素.
- 在每个树节点上使用混合模型将内部转换的时间依赖预测器转换为时间固定的特征.
- 通过在树上平均叶子特定的阿伦-约翰森估计器来计算单个事件概率.
主要成果:
- DynForest证明了对临床事件的有效预测,超过了使用两个预测器的联合建模方法.
- 在处理大量纵向预测指标时,该方法被证明优于回归校准,并考虑了信息截断.
- 在痴呆症研究中的一个应用展示了DynForest在从多式联络标记器开发动态预测工具中的实用性.
结论:
- DynForest为个性化医学中的动态风险预测提供了一个强大的框架,有效地管理复杂的纵向数据.
- 该方法允许在预测模型中量化标记者的重要性,有助于临床解释.
- DynForest为开发先进的临床预测模型提供了宝贵的工具,特别是在痴呆症研究等领域.
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