Table 3.
Calculated prior probabilities with the condition pancreatic cancer = false (data source: EHR, the 14971-control dataset).
| Variable | Probability | Percent | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | P(Age>=60|PC=false) | 0.4751 | 1 |
| Diabetes | P(Diabetes=true|PC=false) | 0.2458 | 2 |
| Depression | P(Depression=true|PC=false) | 0.2351 | 3 |
| AST | P(AST=true|PC=false) | 0.2100 | 4 |
| Albumin | P(Albumins=true|PC=false) | 0.2000 | 5 |
| ALP | P(ALP=true|PC=false) | 0.1900 | 6 |
| Vomiting | P(Vomiting=true|PC=false) | 0.1029 | 7 |
| Nausea | P(Nausea = true|PC=false) | 0.0855 | 8 |
| Fatigue/Asthenia | P(Fatigue or Asthenia = true|PC=false) | 0.0836 | 9 |
| Smoking/Drinking | (UNION) P(Smoking or Alcohol = true|PC=false) | 0.0626 | 10 |
| Weight loss | P(Weight loss=true|PC=false) | 0.0429 | 11 |
| CEA | P(CEA=true|PC=false) | 0.0300 | 12 |
| ALT | P(ALT=true|PC=false) | 0.0200 | 13 |
| Appetite loss | P(Appetite=true|PC=false) | 0.0129 | 14 |
| Jaundice | P(Jaundice=true|PC=false) | 0.0102 | 15 |
| CA 19-9 | P(CA 19-9=true|PC=false) | 0.0100 | 16 |
| Abdominal pain | P(Abdominal pain = true|PC=false) | 0.0013 | 17 |
| GGT | P(GGT=true|PC=false) | 0 | 18 |
| Glucose | P(Glucose=true|PC=false) | 0 | 18 |
| Bilirubin | P(Bilirubin=true|PC=false) | 0 | 18 |