Provided are methods of training a model to predict a
disease onset risk. Aspects of the methods include obtaining a plurality of electronic health records, dividing the subjects into a first set for
machine learning model training and a second set for
machine learning evaluation, training a
machine learning model using the electronic health records of the first set of subjects, evaluating the
machine learning model using the electronic health records of the second set of subjects and identifying from the trained and evaluated
machine learning model one or more features of the subjects that predict the
disease onset risk. In some embodiments, the one or more features are one or more sex-specific features. Also provided are methods of predicting a
disease onset risk in a subject, methods of clinically evaluating the presence of a disease in a subject and methods of treating a subject predicted to be at risk of developing a disease. Embodiments of the invention are computer-implemented methods. Systems and non-transitory computer-readable mediums for performing the subject methods are also provided.