Pediatric Crohn's disease diagnosis aid genomic analysis and machine learning.

INTRODUCTION

Determination of pediatric Crohn's disease (CD) remains a major diagnostic challenge. However, the rapidly emerging field of artificial intelligence has demonstrated promise in developing diagnostic models for intractable diseases.

METHODS

We propose an artificial neural network model of 8 gene markers identified by 4 classification algorithms based on Gene Expression Omnibus database for diagnostic of pediatric CD.

RESULTS

The model achieved over 85% accuracy and area under ROC curve value in both training set and testing set for diagnosing pediatric CD. Additionally, immune infiltration analysis was performed to address why these markers can be integrated to develop a diagnostic model.

CONCLUSION

This study supports further clinical facilitation of precise disease diagnosis by integrating genomics and machine learning algorithms in open-access database.