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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Performance Analysis of Conventional Machine Learning Algorithms for Diabetic Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy Severity Classification.

Fahmida Haque, Mamun Bin Ibne Reaz, Muhammad Enamul Hoque Chowdhury, Geetika Srivastava, Sawal Hamid Md Ali, Ahmad Ashrif A Bakar, Mohammad Arif Sobhan Bhuiyan

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Fahmida HaqueDepartment of Electrical, Electronic and System Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia.
Mamun Bin Ibne ReazDepartment of Electrical, Electronic and System Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia.
Muhammad Enamul Hoque ChowdhuryDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-0744-8206
Geetika SrivastavaDepartment of Physics and Electronics, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya 224001, India.
Sawal Hamid Md AliDepartment of Electrical, Electronic and System Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-4819-863X
Ahmad Ashrif A BakarDepartment of Electrical, Electronic and System Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-9060-0346
Mohammad Arif Sobhan BhuiyanDepartment Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Bandar Sunsuria, Sepang 43900, Selangor, Malaysia.

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Qatar National Research Foundation NPRP12s-0227-190164Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia DIP-2020-004Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia DPK-2021-001Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia GP-2019-K017701Xiamen University Malaysia XMUMRF/2018-C2/IECE/0002
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Abstract

backgroundDiabetic peripheral neuropathy (DSPN), a major form of diabetic neuropathy, is a complication that arises in long-term diabetic patients. Even though the application of machine learning (ML) in disease diagnosis is a very common and well-established field of research, its application in diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DSPN) diagnosis using composite scoring techniques like Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrumentation (MNSI), is very limited in the existing literature.

methodIn this study, the MNSI data were collected from the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) clinical trials. Two different datasets with different MNSI variable combinations based on the results from the eXtreme Gradient Boosting feature ranking technique were used to analyze the performance of eight different conventional ML algorithms.

resultsThe random forest (RF) classifier outperformed other ML models for both datasets. However, all ML models showed almost perfect reliability based on Kappa statistics and a high correlation between the predicted output and actual class of the EDIC patients when all six MNSI variables were considered as inputs.

conclusionsThis study suggests that the RF algorithm-based classifier using all MNSI variables can help to predict the DSPN severity which will help to enhance the medical facilities for diabetic patients.

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diabetic neuropathyDSPNmachine learningMLMNSIseverity classification

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PMID33925190
PMCPMC8146253

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