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Machine Learning Methods to Predict Diabetes Complications

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Dagliati, Arianna, Marini, Simone, Sacchi, Lucia, Cogni, Giulia, Teliti, Marsida, Tibollo, Valentina, De Cata, Pasquale, Chiovato, Luca +1 more·2018·Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

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One of the areas where Artificial Intelligence is having more impact is machine learning, which develops algorithms able to learn patterns and decision rules from data. Machine learning algorithms have been embedded into data mining pipelines, which can combine them with classical statistical strategies, to extract knowledge from data. Within the EU-funded MOSAIC project, a data mining pipeline has been used to derive a set of predictive models of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) complications based on electronic health record data of nearly one thousand patients. Such pipeline comprises clinical center profiling, predictive model targeting, predictive model construction and model validation. After having dealt with missing data by means of random forest (RF) and having applied suitable strategies to handle class imbalance, we have used Logistic Regression with stepwise feature selection to predict the onset of retinopathy, neuropathy, or nephropathy, at different time scenarios, at 3, 5, and 7 years from the first visit at the Hospital Center for Diabetes (not from the diagnosis). Considered variables are gender, age, time from diagnosis, body mass index (BMI), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), hypertension, and smoking habit. Final models, tailored in accordance with the complications, provided an accuracy up to 0.838. Different variables were selected for each complication and time scenario, leading to specialized models easy to translate to the clinical practice.

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Authors
Dagliati, A., Marini, S., Sacchi, L., Cogni, G., Teliti, M., Tibollo, V., De Cata, P., Chiovato, L., & Bellazzi, R.
Affiliations
  • University of Pavia (IT)
  • Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (IT)
  • IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Corresponding author
Bellazzi, Riccardo
Venue
Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
Published
2017-05-12
Volume
12
Issue
2
Pages
295-302
ISSN
1932-2968 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2612292012
Cited by
407
References
24
Citations by year
2026: 31 · 2025: 55 · 2024: 71 · 2023: 60 · 2022: 53 · 2021: 62 · 2020: 44 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 1
FWCI
28.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Seventh Framework Programme (Mosaic)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Machine Learning in Healthcare
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
Keywords
type 2 diabetes, diabetes complications, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, electronic health records, predictive modeling, logistic regression, stepwise feature selection, class imbalance, missing data, random forest, HbA1c, body mass index, hypertension, smoking, clinical decision support
MeSH terms
Machine Learning, Algorithms, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Humans, Diabetes Complications, Data Mining

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