Author:
Park Jungyul,Kim Jaehyun,Ryu Dongman,Choi Hee-young
Abstract
IntroductionThe primary treatment for active thyroid eye disease (TED) is immunosuppressive therapy with intravenous steroids. In this study, we attempted to predict responsiveness to steroid treatment in TED patients using eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost). Factors associated with steroid responsiveness were also statistically evaluated.MethodsClinical characteristics and laboratory results of 89 patients with TED who received steroid treatment were retrospectively reviewed. XGBoost was used to explore responsiveness to steroid treatment, and the diagnostic performance was evaluated. Factors contributing to the model output were investigated using the SHapley Additive exPlanation (SHAP), and the treatment response was investigated statistically using SPSS software.ResultsThe eXtra Gradient Boost model showed high performance, with an excellent accuracy of 0.861. Thyroid-stimulating hormone, thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin (TSI), and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol had the highest impact on the model. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that less extraocular muscle limitation and high TSI levels were associated with a high risk of poor intravenous methylprednisolone treatment response. As a result of analysis through SHAP, TSH, TSI, and LDL had the highest impact on the XGBoost modelConclusionTSI, extraocular muscle limitation, and LDL cholesterol levels may be useful in predicting steroid treatment response in patients with TED. In terms of machine learning, XGBoost showed relatively robust and reliable results for small datasets. The machine-learning model can assist in decision-making for further treatment of patients with TED.
Subject
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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