Predictive models to assess risk of type 2 diabetes hypertension and comorbidity: machine-learning algorithms and validation using national health data from Kuwait—a cohort study

摘要

ObjectiveWe build classification models and risk assessment tools for diabetes, hypertension and comorbidity using machine-learning algorithms on data from Kuwait. We model the increased proneness in diabetic patients to develop hypertension and vice versa. We ascertain the importance of ethnicity (and natives vs expatriate migrants) and of using regional data in risk assessment.