Digital Health

Developing and validating an interpretable machine learning model for frailty risk prediction in patients with chronic diseases

By Yangyan Fan, Lihong Hou, Jie Zheng, Daiming Fan

Figure 1. Predictor variables were screened using LASSO regression analysis. — Figure 1. Predictor variables were screened using LASSO regression analysis.Predictor variables were screened using LASSO regression analysis.Fan et al.

Cohort study of 8,535 peopleBiomarkers

Independent replication, declared no competing interests

The paper

Yangyan Fan, Lihong Hou, Jie Zheng, Daiming Fan

Shanxi Medical University

Digital Health, 15 Sep 2026

doi.org/10.1177/20552076261491104 PubMed 42756571

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