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. 2019 Nov 19;2019:4851323. doi: 10.1155/2019/4851323

(b) Algorithm outcome with 2-fold validation to detect health impairment by type using the SVM algorithm comparing against good health

Algorithm Set 3
Features Age, BMI, and BCAA
Health impairment Metabolic Vascular Renal
Accuracy (%) 84.2 (83.6 – 84.7) 71.8 (71.1 – 72.4) 88.3 (87.8 – 88.9)
Sensitivity (%) 80.1 (79.2 – 81.0) 68.7 (67.6 – 69.8) 85.2 (84.0 – 86.5)
Specificity (%) 87.4 (86.5 – 88.3) 75.0 (73.9 – 76.1) 90.8 (90.0 – 91.6)
Positive likelihood ratio 8.04 (7.35 – 8.73) 3.13 (2.90 – 3.35) 11.6 (10.7 – 12.5)
Negative likelihood ratio 0.23 (0.22 – 0.24) 0.42 (0.40 – 0.43) 0.16 (0.15 – 0.17)
Positive predictive value (%) 84.2 (83.3 – 85.1) 74.8 (74.0 – 75.6) 88.5 (87.6 – 89.3)
Negative predictive value (%) 84.8 (84.3 – 85.4) 69.8 (69.1– 70.5) 89.3 (88.5 – 90.1)
F-measure 0.82 (0.81 – 0.82) 0.71 (0.71 – 0.72) 0.86 (0.86 – 0.87)
Diagnostic odds ratio 27.9 (25.2 – 30.6) 6.6 (6.1 – 7.1) 56.8 (51.1 – 62.5)

Diagnostic performance data are reported as mean (95% CI) of 100 times repeated 2-fold validation experiments.