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The unprecedented 17.6 million deaths caused by CAD in 2016 underscores the urgent need to facilitate proactive and accelerated pre-emptive diagnosis. The innovative and emerging Machine Learning (ML) techniques can be leveraged to facilitate early detection of CAD which is a crucial factor in saving lives. The standard techniques like angiography, that provide reliable evidence are invasive and typically expensive and risky. In contrast, ML model generated diagnosis is non-invasive, fast, accurate and affordable. Therefore, ML algorithms can be used as a supplement or precursor to the conventional methods. This research demonstrates the implementation and comparative analysis of K Nearest Neighbor (k-NN) and Random Forest ML algorithms to achieve a targeted \u201cAt Risk\u201d CAD classification using an emerging set of 35 cytokine biomarkers that are strongly indicative predictive variables that can be potential targets for therapy. To ensure better generalizability, mechanisms such as data balancing, repeated k-fold cross validation for hyperparameter tuning, were integrated within the models. To determine the separability efficacy of \u201cAt Risk\u201d CAD versus Control achieved by the models, Area under Receiver Operating Characteristic (AUROC) metric is used which discriminates the classes by exhibiting tradeoff between the false positive and true positive rates.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 2 classifiers were developed, both built using 35 cytokine predictive features. The best AUROC score of .99 with a 95% Confidence Interval (CI) (.982,.999) was achieved by the Random Forest classifier using 35 cytokine biomarkers. The second-best AUROC score of .954 with a 95% Confidence Interval (.929,.979) was achieved by the k-NN model using 35 cytokines. A\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      -value of less than 7.481e-10 obtained by an independent t-test validated that Random Forest classifier was significantly better than the k-NN classifier with regards to the AUROC score.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>Presently, as large-scale efforts are gaining momentum to enable early, fast, reliable, affordable, and accessible detection of individuals at risk for CAD, the application of powerful ML algorithms can be leveraged as a supplement to conventional methods such as angiography. Early detection can be further improved by incorporating 65 novel and sensitive cytokine biomarkers. Investigation of the emerging role of cytokines in CAD can materially enhance the detection of risk and the discovery of mechanisms of disease that can lead to new therapeutic modalities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13040-021-00260-z","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,15]],"date-time":"2021-04-15T10:04:35Z","timestamp":1618481075000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Machine learning and statistical approaches for classification of risk of coronary artery disease using plasma cytokines"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7294-6573","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Seema Singh","family":"Saharan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Pankaj","family":"Nagar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Kate Townsend","family":"Creasy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Eveline O.","family":"Stock","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"James","family":"Feng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Mary J.","family":"Malloy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"John P.","family":"Kane","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"260_CR1","unstructured":"\u201cCardiovascular Diseases (CVDs).\u201d World Health Organization, World Health Organization. www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/cardiovascular-diseases-(cvds). 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