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Table 3 Comparison of the selected variables with high scores calculated from different voting strategies

From: An ensemble-based feature selection framework to select risk factors of childhood obesity for policy decision making

Voting1

Voting2

Voting3

PE_Inadequate

4

Age

30

Age

25

Age

3

Sex

25

Sex

19.4

BFType_Maternal

3

Tobacco_No

21

Tobacco_No

17

MoDietEducation

3

BFType_Maternal

18

BFType_Maternal

14

Sex

3

MoDietEducation

17

DietEducation

14

Tobacco_No

3

DietEducation

14

MoDietEducation

12

Birthyear

2

MoSystolicPressure

14

PE_Inadequate

8.4

DiastolicPressure

2

SystolicPressure

11

MoTobacco_Yes

6

DietEducation

2

Birthyear

10

MoNumberCigarett

5.5

MoDiastolicPressure

2

MoDiastolicPressure

10

Birthyear

5.2

MoNumberCigarettes

2

PE_Inadequate

10

MoSystolPressure

4.6

MoSystolicPressure

2

DiastolicPressure

9

DiastolicPressure

4.5

SystolicPressure

2

MoRDType_LowSalt

9

MoRDType_LowSalt

4.5

AdeDKnowledge

1

Sleep_Normal

9

Sleep_Normal

4.5

Birthheight

1

MoNumberCigarettes

8

RDType_2.000cal

4

Birthweight

1

RDType_2.000cal

8

AdeDKnowledge

3.5

DietCompliesAdvice

1

AdeDKnowledge

7

MoDiabetes_No

3

DCExecution_No

1

MoPE_Inadequate

6

MoPE_Inadequate

3

MoAlcohol_No

1

MoTobacco_Yes

6

DietComplieAdvice

2.5

MoBMI

1

DietCompliesAdvice

5

SystolicPressure

2.5

MoDiabetes_No

1

Birthheight

4

MoDiastoPressure

2.3

MoExerciseAdvice

1

MoExerciseAdvice

4

Birthheight

2

MoPE_Inadequate

1

MoRDType_Free

4

MoRDTyp_Free

2

MoPEHours

1

MoAlcohol_No

3

MoBMI

1.5

MoRDType_LowSalt

1

MoBMI

3

MoPEHours

1.5

MoRDType_Free

1

MoDiabetes_No

3

Birthweight

1

MoTobacco_Yes

1

MoPEHours

3

DCExecution_No

1

MoTobacco_Ex

1

Birthweight

2

MoExerciseAdvic

0.8

RDType_2.000cal

1

DCExecution_No

1

MoAlcohol_No

0.6

Sleep_Normal

1

MoTobacco_Ex

1

MoTobacco_Ex

0.2

  1. The top variables changed and the importance of some variables gradually grew with the change from Voting1 to Voting3
  2. All “Mothers-” in the variables were replaced with “Mo-” for shorter names
  3. RDType, RecommendedDietType; MoRDType, MoRecommendedDitetType; BFType, BreastfeedingType; PE, PhysicalExercise; MoPE, MoPhysicalExercise; MoPEHour, MoPhysicalExerciseHour; AdeDKnowledge, AdequateDietaryKnowledge; DCExecution, DietCorrectExecution