Table 2.
Variable | Importance |
---|---|
Time from Baseline | 26.57% |
Baseline ALSFRS‐R | 23.19% |
Baseline ALSFRS slope | 13.74% |
Baseline Trunk Sub‐score | 6.17% |
Time Since Symptom Onset | 3.66% |
Baseline FVC | 2.89% |
Baseline Fine Motor Sub‐score | 2.80% |
Time Since Diagnosis | 2.64% |
Age | 2.40% |
Baseline Bulbar Sub‐score | 2.33% |
Systolic BP | 2.10% |
Baseline Gross Motor Sub‐score | 2.07% |
Weight | 2.05% |
Pulse | 1.90% |
Height | 1.85% |
Diastolic BP | 1.56% |
Baseline Respiratory Sub‐score | 0.98% |
Limb Onset | 0.29% |
Bulbar Onset | 0.29% |
Gender | 0.27% |
Riluzole Use | 0.26% |
FVC, forced vital capacity.
This table shows the variable importance list for a preliminary 21 variable model. To reduce the possibility of overfitting, variables whose importance was less than 2.00% were deleted from the final 13 variable model that was used in all the analyses.