A systematic review shows no performance benefit of machine learning over logistic regression for clinical prediction models.

Journal: Journal of clinical epidemiology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to compare performance of logistic regression (LR) with machine learning (ML) for clinical prediction modeling in the literature.

Authors

  • Evangelia Christodoulou
    Department of Development & Regeneration, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 box 805, Leuven, 3000 Belgium.
  • Jie Ma
    Respiratory Department, Beijing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Beijing, China.
  • Gary S Collins
    Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Windmill Road, Oxford, OX3 7LD UK; Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
  • Ewout W Steyerberg
    Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Centre, Albinusdreef 2, Leiden, 2333 ZA The Netherlands.
  • Jan Y Verbakel
    Department of Development & Regeneration, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 box 805, Leuven, 3000 Belgium; Department of Public Health & Primary Care, KU Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 33J box 7001, Leuven, 3000 Belgium; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG UK.
  • Ben Van Calster