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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Methods. 2013 Jan 12;61(1):73–85. doi: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2013.01.002

Table IV. MARS Basis Functions.

Shown are the basis functions (BF) for the MARS model for Dengue hemorrhagic fever. Bm, each individual basis function, am, coefficient of the basis function. (y)+, = max(0,y).

Bm Definition am Variable descriptor
BF1 (IL-10 −1.15)+ 5.83E-03 IL-10
BF3 (20873 – Fibrinogen)+ 5.42E-05 Fibrinogen
BF5 (437613 - Albumin)+ 1.39E-06 Albumin*1
BF6 (C4A – 385932)+ −4.90E-06 Complement 4A
BF8 (C4A – 256959)+ 3.25E-06 Complement 4A
BF11 (469259 – Albumin)+ 2.48E-06 Albumin*2
BF17 (122218 – TPM4)+ 5.27E-06 TPM4
BF19 (immunoglobulin gamma - 57130)+ −1.35E-06 Immunoglobulin gamma-chain, V region
BF23 (657432 – Albumin)+ −9.97E-07 Albumin*3
*

Variable isoforms likely due to post-translational modification and/or proteolysis.

Reprinted with permission [2].