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ArticlePloS one2023

Potential of GJA8 gene variants in predicting age-related cataract: A comparison of supervised machine learning methods.

Saba Zafar, Haris Khurram, Muhammad Kamran, Madeeha Fatima, Aqsa Parvaiz, Rehan Sadiq Shaikh

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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 1 paper.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Saba ZafarDepartment of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, The Women University, Multan, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0001-7317-0084
Haris KhurramDepartment of Sciences and Humanities, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Chiniot-Faisalabad Campus, Chiniot, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-1814-4742
Muhammad KamranDepartment of Medical Laboratory Technology, Islamabad Medical & Dental college, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Madeeha FatimaDepartment of Zoology, The Women University, Multan, Pakistan.
Aqsa ParvaizDepartment of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, The Women University, Multan, Pakistan.
Rehan Sadiq ShaikhInstitute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-3648-6965
Bahauddin Zakariya University · PKThe Women University Multan · PKKarachi Medical and Dental College · PKNational University of Computer and Emerging Sciences · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cataracts are the problems associated with the crystallins proteins of the eye lens. Any perturbation in the conformity of these proteins results in a cataract. Age-related cataract is the most common type among all cataracts as it accounts for almost 80% of cases of senile blindness worldwide. This research study was performed to predict the role of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the GJA8 gene with age-related cataracts in 718 subjects (400 age-related cataract patients and 318 healthy individuals). A comparison of supervised machine learning classification algorithm including logistic regression (LR), random forest (RF) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) were presented to predict the age-related cataracts. The results indicated that LR is the best for predicting age-related cataracts. This successfully developed model after accounting different genetic and demographic factors to predict cataracts will help in effective disease management and decision-making medical practitioner and experts.

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CataractLens, CrystallineAlgorithmsBlindnessHumansSupervised Machine Learning

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PMID37651414
PMCPMC10470928
OpenAlexW4386322036

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