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A standardized, practical, and low-cost screening strategy for early identification of clinically significant kidney stones is still lacking.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec sec-type=\"objective\">\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study aimed to develop a low-cost, rapid screening model for clinically significant nephrolithiasis using machine learning (ML) and simple clinical parameters.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec sec-type=\"methods\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a multihospital retrospective study using data from 3 hospitals in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (2012\u20102021). Adults without renal colic were included. ML models were trained and tested using 10 routine variables: sex, age, BMI, gout, diabetes, estimated glomerular filtration rate, urine pH, red blood cell count, specific gravity, and bacteriuria. Multiple ML algorithms were trained and evaluated, and the best-performing model was selected based on the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve and the area under the precision-recall curve. To assess model interpretability, Shapley value analysis was performed to determine the relative importance and contribution of each variable to the model\u2019s predictive performance.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec sec-type=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 6528 participants, the best-performing model achieved an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.968 (95% CI 0.956\u20100.980), an area under the precision-recall curve of 0.936 (95% CI 0.918\u20100.953), a sensitivity of 0.873 (95% CI 0.841\u20100.904), and a specificity of 0.947 (95% CI 0.935\u20100.959). Shapley value analysis identified urine red blood cell count, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and urine specific gravity as the 3 most influential predictors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec sec-type=\"conclusions\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This ML-based model enables efficient, noninvasive, and large-scale kidney stone screening using routine health data. It can be integrated into health checkups or telemedicine platforms to facilitate early detection and proactive management. Although the model was developed using an Asian population, future validation in diverse cohorts is warranted to confirm its generalizability.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2196\/80764","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,19]],"date-time":"2026-02-19T20:42:07Z","timestamp":1771533727000},"page":"e80764-e80764","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Screening for Clinically Significant Nephrolithiasis Based on Simple Health Checkup Clinical and Urine Parameters in General Populations: Multicenter Machine Learning 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