Research Article
Predicting Mortality in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in Zambia: An Application of Machine Learning
| Type of variable | Variables | Scale of measurement |
| Outcome variable | Mortality | Binary |
| Predictor variables | Age | Discrete | LOS | Discrete | White blood cell count | Continuous | Sex | Categorical | Admission ward | Categorical | HIV status | Categorical | Tuberculosis | Categorical | Smoking | Categorical | Alcohol | Categorical | Diabetes | Categorical | Hypertension | Categorical | Chronic pulmonary disease | Categorical | Chronic kidney disease | Categorical |
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