Table 3 Examples of evidence types for risk factors
From: Adapting transformer-based language models for heart disease detection and risk factors extraction
Evidence category | Risk factor indicator | Example |
|---|---|---|
Phrase-based indicators | - CAD: mention - Medication | - 'Coronary arteriosclerosis’, 'CAD', '3-vessel coronary artery disease' - 'Insulin 70/30 HUMAN 70-30’, 'lisinopril’, 'Zestril (LISINOPRIL)’ |
Logic-based indicators | - Diabetes: alc -Hyperlimidemia: high LDL | - 'hgba1c 7.3%’, 'last 1/2137' hgba1c 7.3% - 'Her last LDL was over 100’, 'Cholesterol-LDL 12/15/2105 110 |
Discourse-based indicators | - CAD: event - Smoker: current | - 's/p ant SEMI + stent LAD', 's/p ant SEMI + stent LAD 2/67’, 'MI in 2092’ - 'Has smoked 1/2ppd for 35 years, ‘Tobacco abuse' |