Table 2 Variables selected by the GA models for the levels of symptoms studied.

From: Spectrochemical approach combined with symptoms data to diagnose fibromyalgia through paper spray ionization mass spectrometry (PSI-MS) and multivariate classification

Symptom

Model

Selected variables (m/z)

VAS (mild)

GA-LDA

22

37

143

180

563

575

645

827

844

850

365

448

659

681

707

726

778

841

  

113

160

161

189

336

413

794

   

VAS (moderate)

GA-SVM

133

349

418

459

551

559

679

686

  

92

144

182

326

601

646

881

   

17

18

153

391

486

797

840

846

893

 

FIQ (moderate)

GA-SVM

26

160

196

201

343

627

895

   

91

365

518

622

643

776

    

131

132

141

225

259

389

492

766

888

 

FIQ (severe)

GA-LDA

261

407

449

598

722

732

784

841

849

 

5

8

259

267

389

397

434

779

  

200

204

334

375

444

599

838

888

  

HAM (moderate)

GA-SVM

67

122

468

699

700

805

    

159

169

195

231

255

302

717

879

887

 

75

147

414

445

477

891

    

HAM (severe)

GA-LDA

66

174

386

538

546

846

871

   

39

273

492

629

702

719

832

   

249

277

330

391

421

857

    

QL (regular)

GA-SVM

31

72

155

361

614

708

797

886

  

57

263

404

530

570

741

823

   

131

225

366

385

485

533

636

729

780

827

TAMPA (moderate)

GA-SVM

380

381

383

543

562

649

684

792

877

 

72

119

183

394

478

584

596

773

803

 

76

252

320

387

537

586

624

707

869

 

TAMPA (severe)

GA-LDA

102

255

402

544

602

646

785

   

186

336

352

501

535

560

639

645

  

100

375

432

530

651

712

787

848

880

 

CAT (mild)

GA-LDA

128

168

393

491

582

683

687

751

  

5

101

252

350

522

532

618

821

  

187

218

413

423

749

814

860

   

CAT (moderate)

GA-SVM

55

199

366

478

597

679

786

866

889

 

31

69

80

133

428

449

455

553

872

 

95

121

637

673

695

824

848

   
  1. Symptoms: VAS Visual Analog Scale of Pain, FIQ Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, HAM Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, QL Quality of Life index, TAMPA The Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale, CAT Pain Catastrophizing Scale. Models: GA-LDA genetic algorithm with linear discriminant analysis, GA-SVM genetic algorithm with support vector machines.
  2. The values in bold represent the variables that occurred in more than one model, totaling 31 different variables.