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The importance of the 25 features was analyzed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      It showed that the HCY, TBIL, BMI, GGT, and Age made significant contributions to OSAHS severity. We established five machine learning models-Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), Random Forest, XGBoost, LightGBM, and Support Vector Machine (SVM)-by integrating 25 clinical features. Through cross-validation and continuous adjustment of model parameters, the optimal predictive model was determined. By calculating model accuracy and\n                      <jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic>\n                      1-score, XGBoost was identified as the best-performing model, achieving an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.63, an accuracy of 75% and an\n                      <jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic>\n                      1-score of 65.60.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this study, we established a predictive model for the severity stratification of OSAHS based on machine learning algorithms. 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