Predicting Increased Blood Pressure Using Machine Learning

• Main Authors: Hudson Fernandes Golino (Author), Liliany Souza de Brito Amaral (Author), Stenio Fernando Pimentel Duarte (Author), Cristiano Mauro Assis Gomes (Author), Telma de Jesus Soares (Author), Luciana Araujo dos Reis (Author), Joselito Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The present study investigates the prediction of increased blood pressure by body mass index (BMI), waist (WC) and hip circumference (HC), and waist hip ratio (WHR) using a machine learning technique named classification tree. Data were collected from 400 college students (56.3% women) from 16 to 63...