Distinct phenotypes of kidney transplant recipients aged 80 years or older in the USA by machine learning consensus clustering.
Charat ThongprayoonCaroline C JadlowiecShennen A MaoMichael A MaoNapat LeeaphornWisit KaewputPattharawin PattharanitimaPitchaphon NissaisorakarnMatthew CooperWisit CheungpasitpornPublished in: BMJ surgery, interventions, & health technologies (2023)
Our study used an unsupervised ML approach to cluster very elderly kidney transplant recipients into three clinically unique clusters with distinct post-transplant outcomes. These findings from an ML clustering approach provide additional understanding towards individualised medicine and opportunities to improve care for very elderly kidney transplant recipients.