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Table 2 Top five important variables of the logistic regression model and random forest model

From: The statistical importance of P-POSSUM scores for predicting mortality after emergency laparotomy in geriatric patients

Rank

Permutation variable importance (PVI) of logistic regression model

Gini importance of random forest model

Standard scaler

Min-max scaler

Robust scaler

Standard scaler

Min-max scaler

Robust scaler

1

Morbidity POSSUM

Postoperative infection

Morbidity POSSUM

Charlson comorbidity index

Charlson comorbidity index

Charlson comorbidity index

2

PRBC transfusion

PRBC transfusion

Postoperative infection

Age

Age

Age

3

Mortality POSSUM

Age

PRBC transfusion

Creatinine

Creatinine

Creatinine

4

Age

Morbidity POSSUM

Mortality POSSUM

Systolic blood pressure

Systolic blood pressure

Systolic blood pressure

5

ASA class

Number of operations

Age

Morbidity POSSUM

Morbidity POSSUM

Morbidity POSSUM

  1. ASA, American Society of Anaesthesiology; PRBC, packed red blood cell