Table 1 Summary of the data from each institution.

From: Development and preliminary validation of a machine learning system for thyroid dysfunction diagnosis based on routine laboratory tests

Institution

Wakayama Medical University

Gunma University

Hidaka Hospital

Kuma Hospital

Number of prescriptions

8,249,286

34,561,268

23,450

61,590

Number of patients

14,249

27,133

10,482

124,863

Average age

60.9

51.7

47.7

50.3

Male/female ratio

1.03 (5,888/5,723)

0.53 (8,143/15,296)

1.82 (15,125/8,325)

0.21

Data period

2010–2018

2004–2019

2004–2007

2007–2020

  1. The demographic summary is shown for each institution. “Number of prescriptions” represents the number of prescription records in each dataset, and “Number of patients” represents the number of patients in each dataset. “Average age”, and “male/female ratio” and “data period” represent the demographic summary of the patients in each institution.