Research Article

Comparison of Machine Learning Methods and Conventional Logistic Regressions for Predicting Gestational Diabetes Using Routine Clinical Data: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 2

Performance of the cutoff points of 0.3 and 0.7 for the GBDT model in predicting GDM.

Cutoff pointsDevelopment cohort
Percent (95% CI)
Validation cohort
Percent (95% CI)

0.3
 Negative predictive value82.40% (79.90%-84.70%)74.10% (69.50%-78.20%)
 Positive predictive value51.3% (49.80%-52.90%)52.60% (50.20%-54.90%)
 Sensitivity92% (90.80%-93.10%)90% (88.00%-91.70%)
 Specificity30% (28.30%-31.80%)26% (23.50%-28.70%)
 Positive likelihood ratio1.31 (1.29-1.34)1.22 (1.18-1.26)
 Negative likelihood ratio0.27 (0.11-0.42)0.39 (0.17-0.60)
0.7
 Negative predictive value59.30% (57.80%-60.70%)56.1% (53.90%-58.30%)
 Positive predictive value86.60% (82.90%-89.60%)93.2% (88.20%-96.10%)
 Sensitivity16% (14.50%-17.60%)15% (12.90%-17.30%)
 Specificity98% (97.40%-98.50%)99% (98.20%-99.40%)
 Positive likelihood ratio8 (7.72-8.28)15 (14.38-15.61)
 Negative likelihood ratio0.86 (0.84-0.88)0.86 (0.83-0.89)