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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2023

A score-based method of immune status evaluation for healthy individuals with complete blood cell counts.

Min Zhang, Chengkui Zhao, Qi Cheng, Jiayu Xu, Nan Xu, Lei Yu, Weixing Feng

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Min ZhangCollege of Intelligent Systems Science and Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China.
Chengkui ZhaoCollege of Intelligent Systems Science and Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China.
Qi ChengCollege of Intelligent Systems Science and Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China.
Jiayu XuCollege of Intelligent Systems Science and Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China.
Nan XuInstitute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Lei YuInstitute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China. yulei@nbic.ecnu.edu.cn.
Weixing FengCollege of Intelligent Systems Science and Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China. fengweixing@hrbeu.edu.cn.
Harbin Engineering University · CNEast China Normal University · CN

Funding

China National Natural Science Foundation 62172121China National Natural Science Foundation 82073800Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China LH2022F012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWith the COVID-19 outbreak, an increasing number of individuals are concerned about their health, particularly their immune status. However, as of now, there is no available algorithm that effectively assesses the immune status of normal, healthy individuals. In response to this, a new score-based method is proposed that utilizes complete blood cell counts (CBC) to provide early warning of disease risks, such as COVID-19.

methodsFirst, data on immune-related CBC measurements from 16,715 healthy individuals were collected. Then, a three-platform model was developed to normalize the data, and a Gaussian mixture model was optimized with expectation maximization (EM-GMM) to cluster the immune status of healthy individuals. Based on the results, Random Forest (RF), Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LightGBM) and Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) were used to determine the correlation of each CBC index with the immune status. Consequently, a weighted sum model was constructed to calculate a continuous immunity score, enabling the evaluation of immune status.

resultsThe results demonstrated a significant negative correlation between the immunity score and the age of healthy individuals, thereby validating the effectiveness of the proposed method. In addition, a nonlinear polynomial regression model was developed to depict this trend. By comparing an individual's immune status with the reference value corresponding to their age, their immune status can be evaluated.

conclusionIn summary, this study has established a novel model for evaluating the immune status of healthy individuals, providing a good approach for early detection of abnormal immune status in healthy individuals. It is helpful in early warning of the risk of infectious diseases and of significant importance.

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AlgorithmsCOVID-19Blood Cell CountDisease OutbreaksHealth StatusHumansClusteringComplete blood countsHealthy individualsImmune status evaluationSub-healthy

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