Research Article
Use of CHAID Decision Trees to Formulate Pathways for the Early Detection of Metabolic Syndrome in Young Adults
Table 2
Decision rules for the prediction of the incidence risk of MetS from the CHAID algorithm.
| Node number | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | MetS probability |
| 29 | 94 < waist circumference ≤ 103 | TG > 162 | HDL ≤ 38 | FPG > 94 | 94.4 | 11 | Waist circumference > 103 | HDL ≤ 38 | * | * | 82.1 | 17 | 86 < waist circumference ≤ 94 | TG > 138 | FPG > 92 | * | 52.2 | 12 | Waist circumference > 103 | 38 < HDL ≤ 49 | * | * | 45.3 | 28 | 94 < waist circumference ≤ 103 | TG > 162 | HDL ≤ 38 | FPG ≤ 94 | 40.0 | 21 | 94 < waist circumference ≤ 103 | TG > 162 | HDL > 38 | * | 31.8 | 27 | Waist circumference > 103 | HDL > 49 | FPG > 103 | * | 26.7 | 19 | 94 < waist circumference ≤ 103 | TG ≤ 162 | FPG > 99 | * | 18.5 | 15 | 86 < waist circumference ≤ 94 | TG ≤ 138 | FPG > 103 | * | 16.7 | 5 | Waist circumference ≤ 86 | HDL ≤ 38 | * | * | 4.9 | 26 | Waist circumference > 103 | HDL > 49 | FPG ≤ 103 | * | 2.1 | 6 | Waist circumference ≤ 86 | HDL > 38 | * | * | 0.0 | 14 | 86 < waist circumference ≤ 94 | TG ≤ 138 | FPG ≤ 103 | * | 0.0 | 16 | 86 < waist circumference ≤ 94 | TG > 138 | FPG ≤ 92 | * | 0.0 | 18 | 94 < waist circumference ≤ 103 | TG ≤ 162 | FPG ≤ 99 | * | 0.0 |
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represents not significant. Growing method: exhaustive CHAID; dependent variable: MetS: metabolic syndrome, TG: triglyceride, HDL: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and FPG: fasting plasma glucose.
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