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Table 2 Multilayer perceptron models predicting 45-year all-cause mortality (1447 deaths among 1591 men) by two methods
| Rank | Gini | Variable | Keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEURAL NETWORK FORCED | |||
| 1 | 0.15950 | Age (AGE0: years) | 1 |
| 2 | 0.60615 | Cigarettes smoked per day (CIG0: N) | 1 |
| 3 | 0.64475 | Family history of CVD(famcv0: codes 0–1) | 1 |
| 4 | 0.64790 | Mean blood pressure (MBP: mmHg) | 1 |
| 5 | 0.65872 | Serum cholesterol (CHOL0: mmol/l) | 1 |
| 6 | 0.67052 | Corneal arcus (gero0: codes 0–1) | 1 |
| 7 | 0.67484 | Mother status (Mother0: codes 0–1) | 1 |
| 8 | 0.67680 | Prevalence DIAB (pdiab0: codes 0–1) | 1 |
| 9 | 0.68081 | Forced expiratory volume (fev0trans0: l/m2) | 1 |
| 10 | 0.68321 | Heart rate (hr0: beats/min) | 1 |
| 11 | 0.68362 | Father status (Father0: codes 0–1) | 1 |
| 12 | 0.68414 | Body mass index (BMI0: Kg/m2) | 1 |
| 13 | 0.68516 | Minor ECG abnormalities (MinorECG0: codes 0–1) | 1 |
| 14 | 0.68524 | Prevalence CVD (Pcvd0: codes 0–1) | 1 |
| 15 | 0.68579 | Arm circumference (midclean0: cm) | 1 |
| 16 | 0.68664 | Body mass index2 (BMIsq0) [(Kg/m2)2] | 1 |
| 17 | 0.68813 | Prevalence cancer (pcan0: codes 0–1) | 0 |
| 18 | 0.68872 | Physical activity (PHYAC0: codes 1-2-3) | 0 |
| NEURAL NETWORK STEPWISE | |||
| 1 | 0.17824 | Age (years) | 1 |
| 2 | 0.60661 | Cigarettes smoked per day (N) | 1 |
| 3 | 0.65370 | Mean blood pressure (mmHg) | 1 |
| 4 | 0.67844 | Mother status (codes 0–1) | 1 |
| 5 | 0.67918 | Corneal arcus (codes 0–1) | 1 |
| 6 | 0.68104 | Heart rate (beats/min) | 1 |
| 7 | 0.68347 | Father status (codes 0–1) | 1 |
| 8 | 0.68468 | Minor ECG abnormalities (codes 0–1) | 1 |
| 9 | 0.69231 | Physical activity (codes 1-2-3) | 1 |
| 10 | 0.69329 | Family history (codes 0–1) | 1 |
| 11 | 0.69480 | Prevalence DIAB (codes 0–1) | 1 |
| 12 | 0.69603 | Serum cholesterol (mmol/l) | 1 |
| 13 | 0.69854 | Prevalence CVD (codes 0–1) | 1 |
