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Prediction performance was evaluated using mean absolute error (MAE) and Pearson's correlation coefficient (R\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      ). Feature importance was assessed using the SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) analysis based on best performing model. The model was applied to an independent cohort with no cognitive impairment (NCI), mild and moderate cognitive impairment no dementia (CIND), and dementia. Differences in BrainAGE across cognitive groups were examined using an ANOVA test.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The chosen ensemble model, comprised of linear regression, lasso and SVR, was trained on 17 features (11 subcortical volumes and 6 lobe-level cortical thickness measures) and achieved an overall bias-corrected MAE and R\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      of 4.04 years and 0.59 respectively. Feature importance analysis found thalamic, lateral ventricle, accumbens area and gray matter volume as important features for brain age prediction.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>An interpretable ensemble ML model using structural MRI provides a robust BrainAGE biomarker capable of detecting early cognitive decline in multiethnic Asian populations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/13872877261418556","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,18]],"date-time":"2026-02-18T08:52:53Z","timestamp":1771404773000},"page":"746-759","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Brain age prediction in a multiethnic Asian population: A comparison of machine learning algorithms and their application for early-stage cognitive impairment diagnosis"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"110","author":[{"given":"Covadonga","family":"Piquero Lanciego","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National University of Singapore"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wei Ying","family":"Tan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mervin","family":"Tee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Caroline","family":"Robert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National University of Singapore"},{"name":"Memory Aging and Cognition Center, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christopher","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National University of Singapore"},{"name":"Memory Aging and Cognition Center, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5434-5635","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Saima","family":"Hilal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National University of Singapore"},{"name":"Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore"},{"name":"Memory Aging and Cognition Center, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ebiom.2021.103600"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.neurobiolaging.2021.10.007"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fneur.2019.00789"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.neuroimage.2016.11.005"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_6_2","volume-title":"Biomarkers for dementia detection and research factsheet","author":"National Institute on Aging","year":"2020","unstructured":"National Institute on Aging. 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