Table 3 Selection results by different variable selection methods
Biomarkers | Variable selection methods | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Stepwise | Elastic Net | LASSO | MCP | SCAD | Adaptive LASSO |
HAZ at birth | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | - (0.54) |
WAZ at wk18 | Â | + (1.00) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
HAZ at wk18 | + (0.98) | + (1.00) | + (1.00) | + (1.00) | + (1.00) | + (1.00) |
WHZ at wk18 | + (0.70) | Â | + (1.00) | + (1.00) | + (1.00) | + (0.74) |
Exclusive breast feeding until wk18 | Â | - (0.80) | - (0.73) | - (0.67) | - (0.77) | Â |
RBP at wk18 | Â | + (0.72) | + (0.72) | + (0.59) | + (0.69) | Â |
Vitamin D at wk18 | Â | - (0.32) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mannitol at wk12 | Â | - (0.73) | - (0.72) | - (0.60) | - (0.71) | - (0.96) |
Mannitol at wk24 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | - (0.85) |
ALA at wk12 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | + (0.62) |
MPO wk12 | - (0.59) | - (0.87) | - (0.87) | - (0.80) | - (0.87) | Â |
Expenditure | Â | + (0.87) | + (0.87) | + (0.60) | + (0.75) | Â |
Mother weight | + (0.89) | + (1.00) | + (1.00) | + (0.97) | + (0.99) | + (0.90) |
Mother height | Â | + (0.52) | + (0.52) | Â | Â | Â |
Reg1B at wk12 | Â | - (0.58) | - (0.53) | Â | Â | Â |
Soluble CD14 at wk18 | Â | - (0.66) | - (0.67) | Â | - (0.62) | Â |