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Table 3 Performance metrics of the LACE model and machine learning models based on the testing set with fivefold cross-validation (Mean ± Standard Deviation, Unit: %)

From: Predictive modeling for 14-day unplanned hospital readmission risk by using machine learning algorithms

Model (#Features)

Precision

Recall

F1-Score

AUROC

AUPRC

LACE (4)

2.97 ± 0.15

68.67 ± 3.86

5.70 ± 0.29

70.58 ± 1.88

34.63 ± 0.00

Logistic Regression: original features (70)

45.76 ± 15.72

4.00 ± 2.00

7.35 ± 3.59

80.46 ± 2.43

10.26 ± 2.23

Logistic Regression: original features (27)

43.62 ± 20.73

5.00 ± 1.05

8.84 ± 2.00

82.88 ± 3.57

11.66 ± 3.54

Random Forest: original features (70)

100.00 ± 0.00

41.33 ± 3.86

58.39 ± 3.79

97.89 ± 0.71

70.15 ± 4.23

Xgboost: original features (70)

93.23 ± 5.35

45.67 ± 3.89

61.25 ± 4.32

97.95 ± 0.52

66.52 ± 2.23

Catboost 1 (C1): original features (70)

93.77 ± 4.05

53.33 ± 5.27

67.80 ± 4.47

99.03 ± 0.07

75.15 ± 1.92

Catboost 2: features in C1 with importance > 0.5 (35)

95.12 ± 2.54

56.00 ± 5.33

70.29 ± 3.84

99.04 ± 0.09

76.11 ± 2.45

Catboost 3: features in C1 with importance > 0.6 (28)

95.09 ± 3.09

55.33 ± 5.31

69.74 ± 3.99

99.08 ± 0.08

76.69 ± 1.85

Catboost 4: features in C1 with importance > 0.8 (21)

94.70 ± 3.52

56.00 ± 6.02

70.10 ± 4.40

99.09 ± 0.08

77.11 ± 1.93

Catboost 5: features in C1 with importance > 0.9 (19)

93.20 ± 1.59

55.33 ± 5.72

69.29 ± 4.76

99.07 ± 0.10

76.80 ± 1.64

Catboost 6: features in C1 with importance > 1.1 (14)

91.46 ± 2.12

56.67 ± 4.47

69.86 ± 3.51

99.00 ± 0.11

76.97 ± 2.90

  1. AUROC = area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; AUPRC = area under the precision–recall curve