无监督学习使用EHR和人口普查数据来识别新诊断的高血压患者的不同亚现象
Jaclyn M Hall1, Jie Xu1, Marta G Walsh2
1Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.
PloS one
|July 9, 2025
概括
研究人员使用机器学习确定了五种不同的高血压 (HTN) 亚表型. 这些群体的人口结构,社会经济因素和健康风险不同,为个性化干预铺平了道路.
科学领域:
- 心血管医学 心血管医学
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 高血压 (HTN) 在表现和治疗反应方面表现出显著的异质性.
- 识别不同的HTN亚表型对于理解机制和指导精确干预至关重要.
- 亚表型化可以为有针对性的公共卫生倡议提供信息.
研究的目的:
- 在一个大,多样化的新诊断高血压的成年人群中识别不同的亚现象.
- 利用无监督机器学习来发现HTN呈现中的新模式.
- 根据人口统计,临床和社会经济因素来描述已识别的子类型.
主要方法:
- 利用了OneFlorida+研究联盟 (2012-2021) 的电子健康记录 (EHR) 和医疗补助索赔数据.
- 包括佛罗里达州的新诊断高血压的成年人 (N=40,686).
- 应用层次聚类 (无监督机器学习) 来识别子类型.
主要成果:
- 确定了五种不同的高血压亚表型 (S1-S5).
- 亚表型因年龄,性别,种族/种族,体重指数 (BMI) 和并发症而有显著差异.
- 值得注意的关联包括S1 (老年,更高的BMI,糖尿病),S2 (黑人女性,社会经济脆弱),S3 (西班牙裔,更低的BMI),S4 (老年,并发症) 和S5 (慢性脏病).
- 健康因素的社会决定因素也显示了亚表型之间的区别.
结论:
- 无监督学习成功地划分了五种不同的HTN亚现象.
- 这些子类型具有独特的人口,社会经济和临床风险概况.
- 对生物机制和社会决定因素的进一步研究是有必要的,因为有针对性的干预和政策影响.
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