Using Unsupervised Machine Learning Methods to Cluster Comorbidities in a Population-Based Cohort of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Journal: Arthritis care & research
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To identify clusters of comorbidities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using 4 methods and to compare to patients without RA.

Authors

  • Cynthia S Crowson
    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
  • Tina M Gunderson
    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
  • John M Davis
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612 USA.
  • Elena Myasoedova
    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
  • Vanessa L Kronzer
    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
  • Caitrin M Coffey
    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
  • Elizabeth J Atkinson
    Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.