Machine learning-based prediction of mild cognitive impairment among individuals with normal cognitive function

Copyright © 2024 Zhu, Liu, Ji, Liu and Huang..

Background: Previous studies mainly focused on risk factors in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia. The aim of the study was to provide basis for preventing MCI in cognitive normal populations.

Methods: The data came from a longitudinal retrospective study involving individuals with brain magnetic resonance imaging scans, clinical visits, and cognitive assessment with interval of more than 3 years. Multiple machine-learning technologies, including random forest, support vector machine, logistic regression, eXtreme Gradient Boosting, and naïve Bayes, were used to establish a prediction model of a future risk of MCI through a combination of clinical and image variables.

Results: Among these machine learning models; eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGB) was the best classification model. The classification accuracy of clinical variables was 65.90%, of image variables was 79.54%, of a combination of clinical and image variables was 94.32%. The best result of the combination was an accuracy of 94.32%, a precision of 96.21%, and a recall of 93.08%. XGB with a combination of clinical and image variables had a potential prospect for the risk prediction of MCI. From clinical perspective, the degree of white matter hyperintensity (WMH), especially in the frontal lobe, and the control of systolic blood pressure (SBP) were the most important risk factor for the development of MCI.

Conclusion: The best MCI classification results came from the XGB model with a combination of both clinical and imaging variables. The degree of WMH in the frontal lobe and SBP control were the most important variables in predicting MCI.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in neurology - 15(2024) vom: 14., Seite 1352423

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhu, Xia Wei [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Si Bo [VerfasserIn]
Ji, Chen Hua [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jin Jie [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Chao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dementia
EXtreme Gradient Boosting
Journal Article
Machine learning
Mild cognitive impairment
Random forest

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Date Revised 20.02.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fneur.2024.1352423

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368605876