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Table 3 Comparison of the overall, clinical, and parsimonious models created with different modeling methods

From: Environmental and clinical data utility in pediatric asthma exacerbation risk prediction models

Outcome

AUC

P value

Overall model

Clinical factors

Parsimonious model

Overall model vs. Clinical factors

Clinical factors vs. Parsimonious model

Comparison of the overall, clinical, and parsimonious models of LASSO models

 Exacerbation in 30 days

0.753

0.734

0.667

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Exacerbation in 90 days

0.740

0.732

0.643

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Exacerbation in 180 days

0.732

0.729

0.645

0.026

 < 0.001

Comparison of the overall, clinical, and parsimonious models of Random Forest Survival models

 Exacerbation in 30 days

0.757

0.741

0.672

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Exacerbation in 90 days

0.747

0.738

0.644

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Exacerbation in 180 days

0.729

0.725

0.648

0.019

 < 0.001

Comparison of the overall, clinical, and parsimonious models of Gradient Boosting (xgBoost) models

 Exacerbation in 30 days

0.761

0.742

0.664

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Exacerbation in 90 days

0.752

0.744

0.639

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Exacerbation in 180 days

0.739

0.730

0.640

 < 0.001

 < 0.001