Table 7.
Random forest feature importance (mean decrease Gini) in each model for the response variable
| Variable | Mean decrease Gini | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-way female model | 2-way male model | 2-way sex-mixed model | 4-way population affinity and sex model | ||||
| LUEL | 39.20 | 35.39 | 62.38 | 90.11 | |||
| LVHD | 8.44 | 12.35 | 25.70 | 60.87 | |||
| LVND | 15.61 | 16.25 | 32.52 | 43.30 | |||
| LTH | 8.58 | 10.99 | 21.11 | 22.35 | |||
| LPW | 9.23 | 9.85 | 20.24 | 23.97 | |||
| RUEL | 25.11 | 27.96 | 43.96 | 88.51 | |||
| RVHD | 9.03 | 14.79 | 33.22 | 54.73 | |||
| RVND | 12.19 | 13.19 | 25.52 | 32.88 | |||
| RTH | 9.75 | 13.46 | 26.19 | 27.76 | |||
| RPW | 7.90 | 11.61 | 21.22 | 23.36 |