Type 2 Diabetes Prediction Using Machine Learning Algorithms

Background and objective: Currently, diabetes is one of the leading causes of death in the world. According to several factors diagnosis of this disease is complex and prone to human error. This study aimed to analyze the risk of having diabetes based on laboratory information, life style and, family history with the help of machine learning algorithms. When the model is trained properly, people can examine their risk of having diabetes. Methods: To classify patients, by using Python, eight different machine learning algorithms (Logistic Regression, Nearest Neighbor, Decision Tree, Random Forest, Support Vector Machine, Naive Bayesian, Neural Network and Gradient Boosting) were analysed. were evaluated by accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and ROC curve parameters. Results: The model based on the gradient boosting algorithm showed the best performance with a prediction accuracy of %95.50. Conclusion: In the future, this model can be used for diagnosis diabete. The basis of this study is to do more research and develop models such as other learning machine algorithms.