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ArticlePloS one2023

Inferred networks, machine learning, and health data.

John Matta, Virender Singh, Trevor Auten, Prashant Sanjel

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Article in PloS one, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Intersectional Barriers Among PLHIV in Rural Illinois: Insights from a Pilot QCA Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

John MattaComputer Science Department, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-7666-1409
Virender SinghComputer Science Department, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, United States of America.
Trevor AutenComputer Science Department, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, United States of America.
Prashant SanjelComputer Science Department, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, United States of America.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper presents a network science approach to investigate a health information dataset, the Sexual Acquisition and Transmission of HIV Cooperative Agreement Program (SATHCAP), to uncover hidden relationships that can be used to suggest targeted health interventions. From the data, four key target variables are chosen: HIV status, injecting drug use, homelessness, and insurance status. These target variables are converted to a graph format using four separate graph inference techniques: graphical lasso, Meinshausen Bühlmann (MB), k-Nearest Neighbors (kNN), and correlation thresholding (CT). The graphs are then clustered using four clustering methods: Louvain, Leiden, and NBR-Clust with VAT and integrity. Promising clusters are chosen using internal evaluation measures and are visualized and analyzed to identify marker attributes and key relationships. The kNN and CT inference methods are shown to give useful results when combined with NBR-Clust clustering. Examples of cluster analysis indicate that the methodology produces results that will be relevant to the public health community.

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AlgorithmsHIV InfectionsCluster AnalysisHumansMachine Learning

Identifiers

PMID36689443
PMCPMC9870174

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