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The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification quantifies functional reserve and disease burden, serving as a widely used tool for risk stratification. However, ASA classification is often influenced by subjective factors including physician experience and varies among clinicians with different seniority, while the assessment process remains time-consuming. This study aimed to develop an automated model for anesthetic risk stratification and evaluate its performance, with the goal of providing decision support for surgical and anesthetic management in this patient population.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Clinical data of 600 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis were collected and randomly divided into training (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009480) and internal validation (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009120) sets. An additional 100 patients from another tertiary hospital formed an external validation set. The model was validated and hyperparameter-tuned using k-fold cross-validation. Model performance, including overall classification and high-risk identification, was evaluated using accuracy, macro-average precision, macro-average recall, macro-average F1 score, weighted Kappa, linear weighted accuracy, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In the internal validation set, the accuracy, macro-average precision, macro-average recall, macro-average F1 score, weighted Kappa coefficient and linear weighted accuracy of the model are 0.97, 0.96, 0.95, 0.96, 0.93 and 0.98 respectively, while in the external validation set, they are 0.97, 0.97, 0.94, 0.96, 0.93 and 0.99 respectively. The confusion matrix heatmap shows that the error is mainly concentrated between adjacent classes, and there is no cross-class misjudgment. In the internal validation set, the model's accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and Kappa coefficient for identifying high-risk patients were 0.98, 0.95, 0.98, 0.91, 0.99, and 0.92, respectively. In the external validation set, these values were 0.98, 0.93, 0.99, 0.93, 0.99, and 0.92, respectively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The machine learning model developed in this study demonstrates strong capability in stratifying anesthetic risk for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis, providing valuable reference for selecting surgical and anesthetic approaches.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmed.2026.1910920","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,26]],"date-time":"2026-08-26T06:41:02Z","timestamp":1787726462000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A machine learning model for automated anesthesia risk classification in lumbar spinal stenosis patients: development and multicenter validation"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Jitao","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Precision Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University","place":["Urumqi, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yixi","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Precision Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University","place":["Urumqi, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qihao","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Precision Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University","place":["Urumqi, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ning","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University","place":["Urumqi, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paerhati","family":"Rexiti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Precision Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University","place":["Urumqi, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"289","DOI":"10.1186\/s13018-022-03186-2","article-title":"Can fat infiltration in the multifidus muscle be a predictor of postoperative symptoms and complications in patients undergoing lumbar fusion for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis? 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