Cleansing and Imputation of Body Mass Index Data and Its Impact on a Machine Learning Based Prediction Model.

Journal: Studies in health technology and informatics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: A challenge of using electronic health records for secondary analyses is data quality. Body mass index (BMI) is an important predictor for various diseases but often not documented properly.

Authors

  • Stefanie Jauk
    CBmed, Graz, Austria.
  • Diether Kramer
    Steiermärkische Krankenanstaltengesellschaft m.b.H. (KAGes), Graz, Austria.
  • Werner Leodolter
    Steiermärkische Krankenanstaltengesellschaft m.b.H. (KAGes), Graz, Austria.