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Table 5 The variables chosen as the top seven predictors by at least one model

From: Developing clinical prognostic models to predict graft survival after renal transplantation: comparison of statistical and machine learning models

Variable

Cox.

Lasso-Cox

Ridge-Cox

EN-Cox

RSF

SGB

An episode of acute rejection

1

1

1

1

3

3

Blood Urea Nitrogen level

6

6

x

6

1

1

An episode of chronic rejection

2

2

2

2

2

4

Urological complications

4

4

3

4

4

5

Post-transplant nonadherence

5

5

5

5

x

7

Regular physical exercise

3

3

4

3

6

6

Marital status

7

7

7

7

7

x

Number of post-transplant admissions

x

x

x

x

5

2

Delayed graft functioning

x

x

6

x

x

x