title: The synthesis of the rough set model for the better applicability of sagittal abdominal diameter in identifying high risk patients.
abstract: This paper aims to investigate possible application of the rough set approach to table-organized data in the medical domain, which reveals some relationships among sagittal abdominal diameter, anthropometric parameters and cardiovascular risk factors. When applied to table-organized data, the methodology based on the rough set theory is capable of producing decision rules in the form of If-Then rules. Such rules are suitable for inspection, examination and further analysis. By examination of the selected 30 decision rules, sagittal abdominal diameter could point out a group of obese and preobese patients with high content of visceral fat with different combination and composition of cardiovascular risk factors. These results suggest that sagittal abdominal diameter could be a clinically useful marker for identification of risk factors, combination and structure of total cardiovascular risk by applying different rules in obese and preobese persons.
authors: Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Clinical Centre Vojvodina, Hajduk Veljkova 1-3, Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors: Edita
authors: E
authors: Stokić
authors: Vladimir
authors: V
authors: Brtka
authors: Biljana
authors: B
authors: Srdić
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity; D012306:Risk; D012307:Risk Factors