Anxiety onset in adolescents: a machine-learning prediction
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Abstract
Recent longitudinal studies in youth have reported MRI correlates of prospective anxiety symptoms during adolescence, a vulnerable period for the onset of anxiety disorders. However, their predictive value has not been established. Individual prediction through machine-learning algorithms might help bridge the gap to clinical relevance. A voting classifier with Random Forest, Support Vector Machine and Logistic Regression algorithms was used to evaluate the predictive pertinence of gray matter volumes of interest and psychometric scores in the detection of prospective clinical anxiety. Participants with clinical anxiety at age 18–23 (N = 156) were investigated at age 14 along with healthy controls (N = 424). Shapley values were extracted for in-depth interpretation of feature importance. Prospective prediction of pooled anxiety disorders relied mostly on psychometric features and achieved moderate performance (area under the receiver operating curve = 0.68), while generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) prediction achieved similar performance. MRI regional volumes did not improve the prediction performance of prospective pooled anxiety disorders with respect to psychometric features alone, but they improved the prediction performance of GAD, with the caudate and pallidum volumes being among the most contributing features. To conclude, in non-anxious 14 year old adolescents, future clinical anxiety onset 4–8 years later could be individually predicted. Psychometric features such as neuroticism, hopelessness and emotional symptoms were the main contributors to pooled anxiety disorders prediction. Neuroanatomical data, such as caudate and pallidum volume, proved valuable for GAD and should be included in prospective clinical anxiety prediction in adolescents.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 639-646 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Molecular psychiatry |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 8 Dec 2022 |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2023 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
PubMed | 36481929 |
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ORCID | /0000-0001-5398-5569/work/150329518 |
ORCID | /0000-0002-8493-6396/work/150330244 |
Keywords
Sustainable Development Goals
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Keywords
- Humans, Adolescent, Young Adult, Adult, Prospective Studies, Anxiety Disorders/psychology, Anxiety, Algorithms, Machine Learning