Table 5.
Results obtained with the help of random forest.
| Disease | OOB Estimate of Error Rate | Relative Importance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MeanDecreaseGini | |||
| Cardiovascular disease | 33.66% | age | 23.52 |
| grocery shopper | 19.92 | ||
| education | 19.40 | ||
| High cholesterol level | 40.89% | age | 27.12 |
| education | 22.02 | ||
| subjective estimation of income position | 21.54 | ||
| Cancer | 38.11% | age | 21.88 |
| education | 20.85 | ||
| place of living | 19.60 | ||
| Mood disorders/Apnoea | 26.15% | age | 20.15 |
| place of living | 17.57 | ||
| education | 17.19 | ||
| Respiratory diseases | 31.15% | age | 20.74 |
| education | 18.90 | ||
| place of living | 18.22 | ||
| Skin diseases, eczema | 33.38% | age | 24.67 |
| education | 19.89 | ||
| place of living | 19.89 | ||
| Memory lapses, concentration | 34.08% | age | 22.18 |
| education | 19.78 | ||
| place of living | 18.56 | ||
| Digestive problems | 46.73% | age | 28.10 |
| place of living | 24.55 | ||
| education | 23.90 | ||
| Migraine | 28.09% | age | 20.34 |
| education | 16.70 | ||
| BMI category | 16.57 | ||
| Diabetes | 45.48% | age | 24.66 |
| place of living | 22.16 | ||
| subjective estimation of income position | 21.48 | ||
| Joint diseases | 30.88% | age | 23.96 |
| education | 21.71 | ||
| BMI category | 20.18 | ||
| Osteoporosis | 36.68% | age | 24.53 |
| education | 19.66 | ||
| place of living | 19.32 | ||
| Weakened immune system | 39.64% | education | 23.12 |
| age | 23.00 | ||
| place of living | 21.40 | ||
Notes: 70% of the sample was used to train, 30% was used to validate the models; accuracy, sensitivity and specificity values of models can be found in Appendix C.