Method and system for assisting in diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome
First Claim
1. A method for classifying whether a sample from an individual not having inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the method comprising:
- (a) measuring a concentration level of at least one marker in said sample, wherein said at least one marker comprises an anti-flagellin antibody; and
(b) applying a combination of at least two learning statistical classifier systems to the measured concentration level of said at least one marker to classify said sample as an IBS sample or as a non-IBS sample.
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods, systems, and code for accurately classifying or diagnosing a sample from an individual as an IBS sample. The methods and systems of the present invention are useful for ruling out one or more diseases or disorders that share a similar clinical presentation as IBS followed by identifying (i.e., ruling in) IBS using statistical algorithm(s) and/or empirical data. In particular, the methods and systems of the present invention use a first combination of learning statistical classifier systems to rule out IBD with an accuracy of greater than about 90% and a second combination of learning statistical classifier systems to rule in IBS in a non-IBD sample with an accuracy of greater than about 80%.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for classifying whether a sample from an individual not having inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the method comprising:
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(a) measuring a concentration level of at least one marker in said sample, wherein said at least one marker comprises an anti-flagellin antibody; and (b) applying a combination of at least two learning statistical classifier systems to the measured concentration level of said at least one marker to classify said sample as an IBS sample or as a non-IBS sample. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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