Predicting Mortality in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in Zambia: An Application of Machine Learning

Table 1

Study variables.

Type of variable	Variables	Scale of measurement
Outcome variable	Mortality	Binary
Predictor variables	Age	Discrete
	LOS	Discrete
	White blood cell count	Continuous
	Sex	Categorical
	Admission ward	Categorical
	HIV status	Categorical
	Tuberculosis	Categorical
	Smoking	Categorical
	Alcohol	Categorical
	Diabetes	Categorical
	Hypertension	Categorical
	Chronic pulmonary disease	Categorical
	Chronic kidney disease	Categorical