Table 2.
Predictive performance summary for the eFalls prediction model on internal validation, internal–external cross-validation and external validation, and the recalibrated model on apparent validation
| Performance in model development data | Performance in external validation data | Recalibrated model performance in external validation data | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled across GP practices (apparent) | Internal–external cross-validation | Overall performance | Pooled across GP practices | Overall performance (apparent) | Pooled across GP practices (apparent) | |
| Calibration slope | ||||||
| Summary estimate | 0.99 | 0.99 | 1.248 | 1.203 | 1.000 | 0.964 |
| 95% confidence interval | 0.97 to 1.01 | 0.75 to 1.22 | 1.244 to 1.265 | 1.133 to 1.273 | 1.000 to 1.013 | 0.908 to 1.020 |
| 95% prediction interval | 0.80 to 1.18 | 0.30 to 1.67 | – | 0.858 to 1.548 | – | 0.687 to 1.240 |
(95% CI) |
0.009 (0.005 to 0.014) | 0.052 (0.018 to 0.247) | – | 0.029 (0.006 to 0.060) | – | 0.018 (0.004 to 0.039) |
| Calibration-in-the-large | ||||||
| Summary estimate | 0.154 | −0.13 | −0.931 | −0.874 | 0.000 | 0.064 |
| 95% confidence interval | 0.095 to 0.212 | −0.66 to 0.40 | −0.938 to −0.920 | −0.964 to −0.783 | −0.009 to 0.010 | −0.027 to 0.154 |
| 95% prediction interval | −0.96 to 1.27 | −1.65 to 1.39 | – | −1.375 to −0.372 | – | −0.442 to 0.569 |
(95% CI) |
0.319 (0.275 to 0.373) | 0.256 (0.091 to 1.219) | – | 0.061 (0.035 to 0.151) | – | 0.062 (0.035 to 0.149) |
| O/E ratio | ||||||
| Summary estimate | 1.19 | 0.88 | 0.432 | 0.431 | 1.000 | 1.013 |
| 95% confidence interval | 1.12 to 1.26 | 0.53 to 1.46 | 0.430 to 0.437 | 0.388 to 0.479 | 0.992 to 1.009 | 0.916 to 1.122 |
| 95% prediction interval | 0.14 to 2.24 | 0.21 to 3.70 | – | 0.194 to 0.958 | – | 0.475 to 2.163 |
(95% CI) |
0.282 (0.230 to 0.348) | 0.228 (0.082 to 1.085) | – | 0.157 (0.117 to 0.263) | – | 0.142 (0.106 to 0.239) |
| C-statistic | ||||||
| Summary estimate | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.825 | 0.816 | 0.825 | 0.816 |
| 95% confidence interval | 0.72 to 0.72 | 0.68 to 0.76 | 0.824 to 0.828 | 0.801 to 0.830 | 0.825 to 0.828 | 0.801 to 1.000 |
| 95% prediction interval | 0.68 to 0.76 | 0.59 to 0.85 | – | 0.715 to 0.886 | – | 0.715 to 0.886 |
(95% CI) |
0.010 (0.006 to 0.016) | 0.002 (0.001 to 0.008) | – | 0.078 (0.039 to 0.138) | – | 0.078 (0.039 to 0.138) |