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. 2021 Sep 30;7(9):e29544. doi: 10.2196/29544

Table 2.

Relative risk (RR) comparing subjects in the top and bottom k% of predicted risks and proportion of cases explained by those at top k% of predicted risk.

Full model Lite model
k Risk in top k%a,b Risk in bottom k% RR Proportion of cases explained by top k% Risk in top k%a,b Risk in bottom k% RR Proportion of cases explained by top k%
Cohort A








5 0.676 0.148 4.56 0.112 0.691 0.158 4.37 0.113

10 0.654 0.138 4.74 0.216 0.644 0.157 4.10 0.211

20 0.579 0.145 4.00 0.382 0.581 0.153 3.79 0.381

30 0.540 0.148 3.65 0.533 0.533 0.152 3.50 0.526

40 0.489 0.152 3.20 0.644 0.479 0.158 3.03 0.630

50 0.443 0.166 2.67 0.730 0.439 0.170 2.59 0.720
Cohort B








5 0.214 0.000 Infinity 0.174 0.212 0.003 84.27 0.174

10 0.200 0.001 158.20 0.327 0.216 0.008 28.38 0.352

20 0.171 0.008 22.42 0.562 0.188 0.008 24.59 0.618

30 0.148 0.009 16.57 0.727 0.155 0.008 19.21 0.763

40 0.127 0.009 14.21 0.830 0.131 0.009 14.23 0.866

50 0.111 0.010 10.94 0.916 0.111 0.011 10.37 0.912
Cohort C








5 0.0201 0.0017 11.76 0.197 0.0210 0.0013 15.88 0.207

10 0.0149 0.0021 6.98 0.293 0.0158 0.0012 12.95 0.310

20 0.0109 0.0023 4.67 0.427 0.0118 0.0021 5.71 0.462

30 0.0090 0.0030 2.99 0.528 0.0097 0.0027 3.57 0.573

40 0.0075 0.0033 2.27 0.590 0.0084 0.0026 3.20 0.656

50 0.0069 0.0033 2.09 0.678 0.0074 0.0028 2.63 0.725
Cohort D








5 0.0067 0.00000 Infinity 0.325 0.0068 0.00000 Infinity 0.333

10 0.0047 0.00002 218.02 0.457 0.0047 0.00006 73.67 0.463

20 0.0033 0.00011 30.30 0.635 0.0032 0.00009 36.75 0.616

30 0.0026 0.00014 18.74 0.746 0.0027 0.00011 23.38 0.784

40 0.0021 0.00016 13.17 0.828 0.0022 0.00013 16.68 0.874

50 0.0018 0.00022 8.35 0.893 0.0019 0.00015 13.03 0.929

a‘Top k%’ refers to top k% of predicted probability of outcome by XGboost.

b‘Risk in top k%’ refers to the actual probability of the outcome (severe disease or fatality) within the patients belonging to the highest k% of predicted risks.