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. 2015 Aug 11:351:h3868.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.h3868.

How to develop a more accurate risk prediction model when there are few events

Menelaos Pavlou  1 , Gareth Ambler  2 , Shaun R Seaman  3 , Oliver Guttmann  4 , Perry Elliott  5 , Michael King  6 , Rumana Z Omar  2
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How to develop a more accurate risk prediction model when there are few events

Menelaos Pavlou et al. BMJ. .

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Abstract

When the number of events is low relative to the number of predictors, standard regression could produce overfitted risk models that make inaccurate predictions. Use of penalised regression may improve the accuracy of risk prediction

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Competing interests: We have read and understood the BMJ Group policy on declaration of interests and declare no competing interests.

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Fig 1 Distribution of predicted risk scores estimated using standard, ridge, and lasso regression
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Fig 2 Observed proportions versus average predicted risk of the event (using standard, ridge and lasso regression). Overestimation of risk for high risk patients can be seen when standard regression is used
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