Background
Almost all Koreans are covered by mandatory national health insurance and are required to undergo health screening at least once every 2 years. We aimed to develop a machine learning model to predict the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) based on the screening results and insurance claim data.
Methods
The National Health Insurance Service-National Health Screening database was used for this study (NHIS-2020-2-146). Our study cohort consisted of health screening examinees in 2004 or 2005 without cancer history, which was randomly split into training and test cohorts. Robust predictors were selected using Cox proportional hazard regression with 1,000 different bootstrapped datasets. Random forest and extreme gradient boosting algorithms were used to develop a prediction model for the 12-year risk of HCC development after screening. After optimizing a prediction model via cross validation in the training cohort, the model was validated in the test cohort.
Results
Of 331,694 examinees, 0.8% were diagnosed with HCC during the follow-up period (median, 11.2 years), respectively. Of the selected predictors, older age, male sex, abnormal liver function tests, the family history of chronic liver disease, and underlying chronic liver disease, chronic hepatitis virus or human immunodeficiency virus infection, and diabetes mellitus were associated with increased risk, whereas elevated total cholesterol and underlying dyslipidemia or schizophrenic/delusional disorders were associated with decreased risk of HCC development (p<0.001). In the test, our model showed good discrimination and calibration. The C-index, AUC, and Brier skill score were 0.868, 0.872, and 0.08, respectively.
Conclusions
Machine learning-based model could be used to predict the risk of HCC development based on the health screening examination results and claim data.
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Background
Almost all Koreans are covered by mandatory national health insurance and are required to undergo health screening at least once every 2 years. We aimed to develop a machine learning model to predict the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) based on the screening results and insurance claim data.
Methods
The National Health Insurance Service-National Health Screening database was used for this study (NHIS-2020-2-146). Our study cohort consisted of health screening examinees in 2004 or 2005 without cancer history, which was randomly split into training and test cohorts. Robust predictors were selected using Cox proportional hazard regression with 1,000 different bootstrapped datasets. Random forest and extreme gradient boosting algorithms were used to develop a prediction model for the 12-year risk of HCC development after screening. After optimizing a prediction model via cross validation in the training cohort, the model was validated in the test cohort.
Results
Of 331,694 examinees, 0.8% were diagnosed with HCC during the follow-up period (median, 11.2 years), respectively. Of the selected predictors, older age, male sex, abnormal liver function tests, the family history of chronic liver disease, and underlying chronic liver disease, chronic hepatitis virus or human immunodeficiency virus infection, and diabetes mellitus were associated with increased risk, whereas elevated total cholesterol and underlying dyslipidemia or schizophrenic/delusional disorders were associated with decreased risk of HCC development (p<0.001). In the test, our model showed good discrimination and calibration. The C-index, AUC, and Brier skill score were 0.868, 0.872, and 0.08, respectively.
Conclusions
Machine learning-based model could be used to predict the risk of HCC development based on the health screening examination results and claim data.
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Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 4
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