期刊
HYPERTENSION
卷 78, 期 5, 页码 1595-1604出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17444
关键词
aldosterone; hypertension; kidney; machine learning; prevalence
资金
- Else Kroner-Fresenius Stiftung [2013_A182, 2015_A171, 2019_A104]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [CRC/Transregio 205/1]
- Forderung fur Forschung und Lehre (FoFoLe) - LMU University Hospital Munich-Project [1088, 1051]
- Verein zur Forderung von Wissenschaft und Forschung an der Medizinischen Fakultat der LMU Munchen e.V. (WiFoMed) Grant
This study developed a scoring system and machine learning algorithms to accurately predict the individual pretest probability of primary aldosteronism (PA) in patients with hypertension, improving diagnostic accuracy and avoiding unnecessary screening for some patients.
Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the cause of arterial hypertension in 4% to 6% of patients, and 30% of patients with PA are affected by unilateral and surgically curable forms. Current guidelines recommend screening for PA approximate to 50% of patients with hypertension on the basis of individual factors, while some experts suggest screening all patients with hypertension. To define the risk of PA and tailor the diagnostic workup to the individual risk of each patient, we developed a conventional scoring system and supervised machine learning algorithms using a retrospective cohort of 4059 patients with hypertension. On the basis of 6 widely available parameters, we developed a numerical score and 308 machine learning-based models, selecting the one with the highest diagnostic performance. After validation, we obtained high predictive performance with our score (optimized sensitivity of 90.7% for PA and 92.3% for unilateral PA [UPA]). The machine learning-based model provided the highest performance, with an area under the curve of 0.834 for PA and 0.905 for diagnosis of UPA, with optimized sensitivity of 96.6% for PA, and 100.0% for UPA, at validation. The application of the predicting tools allowed the identification of a subgroup of patients with very low risk of PA (0.6% for both models) and null probability of having UPA. In conclusion, this score and the machine learning algorithm can accurately predict the individual pretest probability of PA in patients with hypertension and circumvent screening in up to 32.7% of patients using a machine learning-based model, without omitting patients with surgically curable UPA.
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