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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
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Stillbirth risk prediction using machine learning for a large cohort of births from Western Australia, 1980–2015
Scientific Reports, Volume 10, No. 1, Article 5354, Year 2020
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Quantification of stillbirth risk has potential to support clinical decision-making. Studies that have attempted to quantify stillbirth risk have been hampered by small event rates, a limited range of predictors that typically exclude obstetric history, lack of validation, and restriction to a single classifier (logistic regression). Consequently, predictive performance remains low, and risk quantification has not been adopted into antenatal practice. The study population consisted of all births to women in Western Australia from 1980 to 2015, excluding terminations. After all exclusions there were 947,025 livebirths and 5,788 stillbirths. Predictive models for stillbirth were developed using multiple machine learning classifiers: regularised logistic regression, decision trees based on classification and regression trees, random forest, extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), and a multilayer perceptron neural network. We applied 10-fold cross-validation using independent data not used to develop the models. Predictors included maternal socio-demographic characteristics, chronic medical conditions, obstetric complications and family history in both the current and previous pregnancy. In this cohort, 66% of stillbirths were observed for multiparous women. The best performing classifier (XGBoost) predicted 45% (95% CI: 43%, 46%) of stillbirths for all women and 45% (95% CI: 43%, 47%) of stillbirths after the inclusion of previous pregnancy history. Almost half of stillbirths could be potentially identified antenatally based on a combination of current pregnancy complications, congenital anomalies, maternal characteristics, and medical history. Greatest sensitivity is achieved with addition of current pregnancy complications. Ensemble classifiers offered marginal improvement for prediction compared to logistic regression. © 2020, The Author(s).
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Authors & Co-Authors
Malacova, Eva
Australia, Perth
The Faculty of Health Sciences
Australia, Brisbane
Qimr Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Australia, Perth
School of Population Health
Bailey, Helen D.
Australia, Perth
The University of Western Australia
Gebremedhin, Amanuel Tesfay
Australia, Perth
The Faculty of Health Sciences
Nassar, Natasha M.M.
Australia, Sydney
The University of Sydney
Raynes-Greenow, Camille H.
Australia, Sydney
The University of Sydney
Regan, Annette K.
Australia, Perth
The Faculty of Health Sciences
Australia, Perth
The University of Western Australia
United States, College Station
Texas A&m University
Tessema, Gizachew Assefa
Australia, Perth
The Faculty of Health Sciences
Pereira, Gavin F.
Australia, Perth
The Faculty of Health Sciences
Australia, Perth
The University of Western Australia
Norway, Oslo
Folkehelseinstituttet
Statistics
Citations: 30
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 10
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/s41598-020-62210-9
ISSN:
20452322
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Participants Gender
Female