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World J Gastrointest Surg. Feb 27, 2026; 18(2): 114951
Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114951
Published online Feb 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114951
Table 2 Performance comparison of different imputation methods under various missingness rates
| Missing rate (%) | Imputation method | NRMSE | PFC | AUC |
| 5 | Mean/mode | 0.1290 | 0.3240 | 0.6125 |
| KNN | 0.1274 | 0.3264 | 0.6167 | |
| MICE | 0.1200 | 0.2994 | 0.6194 | |
| MissForest | 0.1160 | 0.2635 | 0.6222 | |
| HDI-MF-Gower | 0.1122 | 0.2471 | 0.6278 | |
| 10 | Mean/mode | 0.1339 | 0.3236 | 0.6097 |
| KNN | 0.1368 | 0.3261 | 0.6292 | |
| MICE | 0.1242 | 0.3072 | 0.6319 | |
| MissForest | 0.1221 | 0.2625 | 0.6514 | |
| HDI-MF-Gower | 0.1201 | 0.2557 | 0.6568 | |
| 15 | Mean/mode | 0.1342 | 0.3279 | 0.6208 |
| KNN | 0.1365 | 0.3211 | 0.6458 | |
| MICE | 0.1261 | 0.3063 | 0.6569 | |
| MissForest | 0.1227 | 0.2677 | 0.6602 | |
| HDI-MF-Gower | 0.1202 | 0.2619 | 0.6678 | |
| 20 | Mean/mode | 0.1413 | 0.3314 | 0.6306 |
| KNN | 0.1353 | 0.3187 | 0.6361 | |
| MICE | 0.1302 | 0.3098 | 0.6396 | |
| MissForest | 0.1294 | 0.2755 | 0.6439 | |
| HDI-MF-Gower | 0.1255 | 0.2650 | 0.6525 |
- Citation: Lü YN, Liu D, Tao S, Wu J, Yu SJ, Yuan HL. Development of a machine learning-based model for predicting postoperative survival in gastric cancer. World J Gastrointest Surg 2026; 18(2): 114951
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v18/i2/114951.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.114951