Factors associated with performing tuberculosis screening of HIV-positive patients in Ghana: LASSO-based predictor selection in a large public health data set

Factors associated with performing tuberculosis screening of HIV-positive patients in Ghana: LASSO-based predictor selection in a large public health data set

Abstract Background The purpose of this study is to propose the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operators procedure (LASSO) as an alternative to conventional variable selection models, as it allows for easy interpretation and handles multicollinearities. We developed a model on the basis of L...

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Main Authors: Susanne Mueller-Using, Torsten Feldt, Fred Stephen Sarfo, Kirsten Alexandra Eberhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-07-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
LASSO
Variable selection
HIV/AIDS
Tuberculosis screening
Sub-Saharan Africa
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3239-y

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