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ArticlePloS one2020

In silico prediction of blood cholesterol levels from genotype data.

Francesco Reggiani, Marco Carraro, Anna Belligoli, Marta Sanna, Chiara Dal Prà, Francesca Favaretto, Carlo Ferrari, Roberto Vettor, Silvio C E Tosatto

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Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors.

Francesco ReggianiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Marco CarraroDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Anna BelligoliClinica Medica 3, Department of Medicine-DIMED, School of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Marta SannaClinica Medica 3, Department of Medicine-DIMED, School of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Chiara Dal PràClinica Medica 3, Department of Medicine-DIMED, School of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Francesca FavarettoClinica Medica 3, Department of Medicine-DIMED, School of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Carlo FerrariDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Roberto VettorClinica Medica 3, Department of Medicine-DIMED, School of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Silvio C E TosattoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this work we present a framework for blood cholesterol levels prediction from genotype data. The predictor is based on an algorithm for cholesterol metabolism simulation available in literature, implemented and optimized by our group in the R language. The main weakness of the former simulation algorithm was the need of experimental data to simulate mutations in genes altering the cholesterol metabolism. This caveat strongly limited the application of the model in the clinical practice. In this work we present how this limitation could be bypassed thanks to an optimization of model parameters based on patient cholesterol levels retrieved from literature. Prediction performance has been assessed taking into consideration several scoring indices currently used for performance evaluation of machine learning methods. Our assessment shows how the optimization phase improved model performance, compared to the original version available in literature.

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Computer SimulationGenotypeMachine LearningCholesterolHumansCholesterol

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PMID32040480
PMCPMC7010235

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