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ArticleScientific reports2021

Machine learning approaches for the prediction of bone mineral density by using genomic and phenotypic data of 5130 older men.

Qing Wu, Fatma Nasoz, Jongyun Jung, Bibek Bhattarai, Mira V Han, Robert A Greenes, Kenneth G Saag

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Qing WuNevada Institute of Personalized Medicine, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV, 89154-4009, USA. qing.wu@unlv.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4679-8903
Fatma NasozDepartment of Computer Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Jongyun JungNevada Institute of Personalized Medicine, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV, 89154-4009, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9258-5397
Bibek BhattaraiDepartment of Computer Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Mira V HanNevada Institute of Personalized Medicine, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV, 89154-4009, USA.
Robert A GreenesCollege of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Kenneth G SaagDepartment of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas · USMayo Clinic in Arizona · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

The Genome Analysis and Sequencing Pipeline (GASP)P20GM121325 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS · PI GUHA, PRASUN · 2018 to 2022
$11.5M
Developing Model-based Bone Density Reference Values for African-American WomenR15MD010475 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS · PI WU, QING · 2017 to 2017
$448k
Precise Bone Density Reference Ranges to Reduce Systematic Disparities in Osteoporosis Healthcare for Hispanic WomenR21MD013681 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS · PI WU, QING · 2022 to 2023
$405k
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM121325NIMHD NIH HHS R15 MD010475NIMHD NIH HHS R21 MD013681
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study aimed to utilize machine learning (ML) approaches and genomic data to develop a prediction model for bone mineral density (BMD) and identify the best modeling approach for BMD prediction. The genomic and phenotypic data of Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study (n = 5130) was analyzed. Genetic risk score (GRS) was calculated from 1103 associated SNPs for each participant after a comprehensive genotype imputation. Data were normalized and divided into a training set (80%) and a validation set (20%) for analysis. Random forest, gradient boosting, neural network, and linear regression were used to develop BMD prediction models separately. Ten-fold cross-validation was used for hyper-parameters optimization. Mean square error and mean absolute error were used to assess model performance. When using GRS and phenotypic covariates as the predictors, all ML models' performance and linear regression in BMD prediction were similar. However, when replacing GRS with the 1103 individual SNPs in the model, ML models performed significantly better than linear regression (with lasso regularization), and the gradient boosting model performed the best. Our study suggested that ML models, especially gradient boosting, can improve BMD prediction in genomic data.

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AgedBone DensityFractures, BoneGenomicsGenotypeHumansLinear ModelsMachine LearningMalePolymorphism, Single NucleotideRisk AssessmentRisk Factors

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