Table 2.
Calculated prior probabilities with the condition pancreatic cancer = true (data source: EHR, the 98-case dataset).
| Variable | Probability | Percent | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glucose | P(Glucose=true|PC=true) | 0.8776 | 1 |
| Albumin | P(Albumin=true|PC=true) | 0.6536 | 2 |
| Nausea | P(Nausea = true|PC=true) | 0.5102 | 3 |
| Age >= 60 | P(Age>=60|PC=true) | 0.4592 | 4 |
| Vomiting | P(Vomiting=true|PC=true) | 0.4592 | 4 |
| Abdominal pain | P(Abdominal pain = true|PC=true) | 0.3980 | 6 |
| Weight loss | P(Weight loss=true|PC=true) | 0.3776 | 7 |
| Diabetes | P(Diabetes=true|PC=true) | 0.3367 | 8 |
| Smoking/Drinking | (UNION) P(Smoking or Alcohol = true|PC=true) | 0.3163 | 9 |
| Appetite loss | P(Appetite loss=true|PC=true) | 0.2347 | 10 |
| ALT | P(ALT=true|PC=true) | 0.1633 | 11 |
| Fatigue/Asthenia | P(Fatigue or Asthenia = true|PC=true) | 0.1531 | 12 |
| CEA | P(CEA=true|PC=true) | 0.1429 | 13 |
| Depression | P(Depression=true|PC=true) | 0.1327 | 14 |
| GGT | P(GGT=true|PC=true) | 0.1327 | 14 |
| CA 19-9 | P(CA 19-9=true|PC=true) | 0.1122 | 16 |
| AST | P(AST=true|PC=true) | 0.1122 | 16 |
| Bilirubin | P(Bilirubin=true|PC=true) | 0.0918 | 18 |
| ALP | P(ALP=true|PC=true) | 0.0816 | 19 |
| Jaundice | P(Jaundice=true|PC=true) | 0.0204 | 20 |