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. 2020 Dec 16;22(12):e18418. doi: 10.2196/18418

Table 2.

Top 5% variable importance results estimated by different methods.

Variablea Attention valueb/Effect sizec
Single attention model

sm_presnt 0.0615

BD1 0.0519

pa_walk 0.0479

HE_Upro 0.0468

HE_alt 0.0430

Npins 0.0413
Multi-attention model

HE_HB 0.041

Sex 0.033

Pa_walk 0.032

HE_HBsAg 0.027

Allownc 0.026

HE_sbp 0.026
Single attention model with UAd

pa_walk 0.050

BH9_11 0.017

HE_THfh2 0.011

HE_THfh1 0.010

HE_THfh3 0.010

DI5_dg 0.010
Multi-attention model with UA

pa_walk 0.050

HE_THfh2 0.019

BH9_11 0.015

HE_THfh1 0.013

HE_ast 0.010

house 0.010
Conventional statisticse

age 1.536

HE_glu 1.214

HE_HbA1c –1.014

Wt_pool_1 –0.516

Wt_itvex –0.516

HE_Uglu 0.319

aSee Table A2 in Multimedia Appendix 1 for variable label descriptions.

bAverage from the 10 fold sets.

cEffect size is presented only for the conventional statistics.

dUA: uncertainty awareness.

eNull hypothesis of categorical variables=no relationships between diabetes and a categorical variable; null hypothesis of continuous variables=no difference in variables between the diabetes and no diabetes groups.