Medical checkup data analysis method based on LiNGAM and its application to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
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Highlights：
• A new causal analysis method was proposed based on LiNGAM framework.
• Factors of NASH were estimated from medical checkup data by the proposed method.
• The estimated factors were consistent with previous reports on NAFLD progression.
摘要
•A new causal analysis method was proposed based on LiNGAM framework.•Factors of NASH were estimated from medical checkup data by the proposed method.•The estimated factors were consistent with previous reports on NAFLD progression.
论文关键词：Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease,Medical checkup data,Linear non-Gaussian acyclic model,Collaborative filtering,Causal analysis
论文评审过程：Received 16 February 2021, Revised 24 March 2022, Accepted 17 April 2022, Available online 22 April 2022, Version of Record 26 April 2022.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2022.102310
