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Table 5 Performance in Test Set (N = 2236) a

From: Development and utility assessment of a machine learning bloodstream infection classifier in pediatric patients receiving cancer treatments

 

Proportion Positive

Sensitivity

Specificity

Positive Predictive Value

Negative Predictive Value

True Positive

False Positive

True Negative

False Negative

GBMb

595 (26.6%)

0.63

0.76

0.15

0.97

87

508

1589

52

Neutropenia

679 (30.4%)

0.63

0.72

0.13

0.97

87

592

1505

52

  1. Abbreviation: GBM one implementation of gradient boosting machine
  2. a Observed bloodstream infection rate 139/2236 (6.2%) in the test set
  3. b Test threshold chosen (probability> 0. 0489) to keep the number of false negatives the same as in the absolute neutrophil count < 0.5 × 109/L model (52/2236)