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. 2018 Nov 20;15(11):e1002695. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002695

Table 4. Externally validated model discrimination for different predictor sets and modelling techniques: Validation cohort.

Predictor set Model
CPH RF GBC
QA 0.736 0.736 0.796
QA+ 0.743 0.799 0.810
T 0.788 0.810 0.826

Predictor set T and GBC modelling constantly perform better than their counterparts. The results conform to the pattern observed in internal cross-validation.

CPH, Cox proportional hazards; GBC, gradient boosting classifier; RF, random forest.