Development and Validation of Clinical Diagnostic Model for Girls with Central Precocious Puberty: Machine-learning Approaches.

Journal: PloS one
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: A brief gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues (GnRHa) stimulation test which solely focused on LH 30-minute post-stimulation was considered to identify girls with central precocious puberty (CPP). However, it was tested using traditional statistical methods. With advanced computer science, we aimed to develop a machine learning-based diagnostic model that processed baseline CPP-related variables and a brief GnRHa stimulation test for CPP diagnosis.

Authors

  • Quynh Thi Vu Huynh
    Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
  • Nguyen Quoc Khanh Le
    In-Service Master Program in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan; AIBioMed Research Group, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan; Translational Imaging Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei 110, Taiwan. Electronic address: khanhlee@tmu.edu.tw.
  • Shih-Yi Huang
    School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Ban Tran Ho
    Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
  • Tru Huy Vu
    Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
  • Hong Thi Minh Pham
    Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
  • An Le Pham
    Faculty of Medicine, Family Medicine Center, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
  • Jia-Woei Hou
    Department of Pediatrics, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Ngan Thi Kim Nguyen
    School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
  • Yang Ching Chen
    Graduate Institute of Metabolism and Obesity Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.