Prediction of large esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients using classification and regression tree analysis

Clinics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-124

  Hong, Wan dong ^a   Dong, Le Mei ^a   Jiang, Zen Cai ^b   Zhu, Qi Huai ^a   Jin, Shu Qing ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL AND YUYING CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Classification and regression tree analysis; Esophageal varices; Predictor; Tree model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION TREE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

DECISION TREES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PLATELET COUNT; PORTAL VEIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79952961945     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322011000100021     Document Type: Article

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