Risk Level Prediction of Chronic Kidney Disease Using Neuro- Fuzzy and Hierarchical Clustering Algorithm (s)

Abstract

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is usually characterized by a gradual loss of the functioning which the kidney does over time due to various factors. Early prediction and treatment save the kidney and halts the progress of CKD. CKD disease is being viewed as global public health issue for the past decade. The greatest threat for this deadly disease is developing countries where getting therapy is very expensive. The importance of predicting individuals who are at risk of CKD as well as applying clustering techniques cannot be underestimated since these can modify the progression of the disease. Identifying the silent killer disease early offers best opportunities for implementing possible strategies for lessening the probability of kidney loss. Neuro-fuzzy algorithm is applied to determine the risk of CKD in patients. Predictions done using neuro-fuzzy gave an accuracy of 97 percent. Using selected features, prediction for CKD disease is done so as to identify the risk. The results of the prediction are clustered to identify the percentage of patients with a high risk of having kidney disease who have a higher probability of being diabetic. Using hierarchical clustering three clusters formed show that there is a strong relationship between chronic kidney and diabetes.