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Table 2 Combinations of independent variable groups

From: Development and validation of a risk index to predict kidney graft survival: the kidney transplant risk index

Combination No

Order of variable selection

Final number of variables or components

Combination 1

EO

40 variables

Combination 2

PCA

51 components

Combination 3

EN

46 variables

Combination 4

EO PCA

37 components

Combination 5

EO EN

27 variables

Combination 6

EN PCA

37 components

Combination 7

EO EN PCA

23 components

  1. EO Expert opinion; PCA Principal component analysis; EN Elastic net