Fig. 3
From: Exploring parental factors influencing low birth weight on the 2022 CDC natality dataset
Feature importance for the XGBoost model. The top ten predictors identified as most relevant for birth weight predictions were weight gain (WTGAIN), number of prenatal care visits (PREVIS_REC), number of previous living births (PRIORLIVE), pre-pregnancy weight (PWgt_R), BMI, month prenatal care began (PRECARE), parental age (MAGER and FAGECOMB), maternal height (M_Ht_in), BMI, mothers who were born in the US