An Intelligent System Approach for Asthma Prediction in Symptomatic Preschool Children

Table 1

Prognostic factors.

Category	Prognostic factors
Demographic	age, sex, ethnicity^#, height, weight, waist’s perimeter, residence^#
Wheezing episodes	until 3rd year, between 3rd and 5th year
Symptoms	wheezing*, cough*, allergic rhinitis*, runny nose*, congestion*, eczema*, food allergy*, pharmaceutical allergy*, allergic conjunctivitis*, dyspnea*, seasonal symptoms^#
Parental history	asthma*
House conditions	number of family members, pets*, type of heating^#
Pharmaceutical therapy	bronchodilators, corticosteroids inhaled*,; corticosteroids per os*, antileukotriene*, antihistamine*
Breathing tests	FEV1%, FEF25/75%
Tests	Ig E U/Ml
Allergens	𝑑.𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑦𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑠^#, 𝑑.𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑒^#, olive^#, pellitory^#, graminaceae^#, pine^#, cypress^#, cat^#, dog^#, 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎^#
Neonatal period	pregnancy duration, breastfeeding duration^#, smoking during pregnancy*
Asthma	treatment*

*The encoding is binary: yes (1) or no (0).
^#The encoding is shown in Table 2.
All other factors are numerical.