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Table 1 Model performance (AUROC, best sensitivity and specificity, PPV)

From: Identifying undetected dementia in UK primary care patients: a retrospective case-control study comparing machine-learning and standard epidemiological approaches

Model Type

Time split

AUROC (95%CI)

Specificity (balanced model)

Sensitivity (balanced model)

PPV (balanced model)

Sensitivity for 95% specificity

PPV at 95% specificity

Logistic Regression with Lasso

1, 2–5

0.736 (0.728–0.743)

0.752

0.602

0.156

0.222

0.254

Naïve Bayes Classifier

1, 2–5

0.682 (0.675–0.690)

0.906

0.241

0.164

0.153

0.189

Support Vector Machine

1, 2–5

0.737 (0.730–0.744)

0.691

0.674

0.142

0.223

0.255

Random Forest

1, 2–5

0.734 (0.726–0.740)

0.653

0.700

0.134

0.210

0.239

Neural Network (3 × 139 nodes)

1, 2–5

0.737 (0.730–0.743)

0.781

0.619

0.178

0.298

0.312