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ArticleJournal of medical systems2016

A Prognosis Tool Based on Fuzzy Anthropometric and Questionnaire Data for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity.

Kung-Jeng Wang, Kun-Huang Chen, Shou-Hung Huang, Nai-Chia Teng

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Kung-Jeng WangDepartment of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No.43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da'an Dist., Taipei, 106, Taiwan, Republic of China. kjwang@mail.ntust.edu.tw.
Kun-Huang ChenDepartment of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No.43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da'an Dist., Taipei, 106, Taiwan, Republic of China. khchen@mail.ntust.edu.tw.
Shou-Hung HuangDepartment of Sleep Center, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, 110, Republic of China. koelnerhsh@gmail.com.
Nai-Chia TengSchool of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 110, Taiwan, Republic of China. dianaten@tmu.edu.tw.

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Abstract

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are linked to the augmented risk of morbidity and mortality. Although polysomnography is considered a well-established method for diagnosing OSA, it suffers the weakness of time consuming and labor intensive, and requires doctors and attending personnel to conduct an overnight evaluation in sleep laboratories with dedicated systems. This study aims at proposing an efficient diagnosis approach for OSA on the basis of anthropometric and questionnaire data. The proposed approach integrates fuzzy set theory and decision tree to predict OSA patterns. A total of 3343 subjects who were referred for clinical suspicion of OSA (eventually 2869 confirmed with OSA and 474 otherwise) were collected, and then classified by the degree of severity. According to an assessment of experiment results on g-means, our proposed method outperforms other methods such as linear regression, decision tree, back propagation neural network, support vector machine, and learning vector quantization. The proposed method is highly viable and capable of detecting the severity of OSA. It can assist doctors in pre-diagnosis of OSA before running the formal PSG test, thereby enabling the more effective use of medical resources.

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AnthropometryDecision TreesFuzzy LogicSeverity of Illness IndexAge FactorsBody Mass IndexHumansPrognosisSex FactorsSleep Apnea, ObstructiveSurveys and QuestionnairesDiagnosis modelFuzzy decision treeObstructive sleep apnea

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