Table 3.
Factors affecting the incidence of congenital heart disease with the importance
| Factors | Significance by Random Forest (Gini index) | Significance by PSO-SVM (Gain information) | Significance by support vector machine | Mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congenital extra cardiac anomalies | 0.718 | 0.590 | 0.657 | 0.655 |
| Chromosomal/genetic abnormalities | 0.453 | 0.399 | 0.575 | 0.475 |
| Hypothyroidism | 0.124 | 0.140 | 0.248 | 0.170 |
| thyroid drugs | 0.08 | 0.141 | 0.219 | 0.146 |
| Father age | 0.221 | 0.202 | 0.380 | 0.267 |
| Region | 0.254 | 0.155 | 0.544 | 0.317 |
| Positive Family history of CHD | 0.112 | 0.178 | 0.333 | 0.207 |
| Gender | 0.160 | 0.189 | 0.220 | 0.189 |
| Father’s job | 0.182 | 0.186 | 0.317 | 0.228 |
| Mother’s Job | 0.363 | 0.141 | 0.479 | 0.327 |
| Height | 0.457 | 0.383 | 0.134 | 0.324 |
| Weight | 0.558 | 0.526 | 0.250 | 0.444 |