Research Article

Using Artificial Intelligence to Develop a Multivariate Model with a Machine Learning Model to Predict Complications in Mexican Diabetic Patients without Arterial Hypertension (National Nested Case-Control Study): Metformin and Elevated Normal Blood Pressure Are Risk Factors, and Obesity Is Protective

Table 5

Mann–Whitney test for numerical variables between complicated patients versus uncomplicated patients.

PredictorPatientsUMW test
ComplicatedUncomplicated

Abortions2.0 (IQR 1.0-2.0)2.0 (IQR 2.0-2.0)<0.001
Cesarean section1.0 (IQR 1.0-2.0)1.0 (IQR 1.0-1.0)<0.001
Pregnancies4.0 (IQR 4.0-5.0)4.0 (IQR 4.0-4.0)<0.001
Deliveries4.0 (IQR 3.0-4.0)4.0 (IQR 4.0-4.0)<0.001
BMI30.04 (IQR 27.03-33.33)29.85 (IQR 26.84-33.49)0.004
Maximum weight93.0 (IQR 82.0-110.0)116.5 (IQR 103.0-116.5)<0.001
Age59.0 (IQR 51.0-66.0)59.0 (IQR 52.0-66.0)0.277
Diastolic pressure80.0 (IQR 80.0-90.0)80.0 (IQR 70.0-80.0)<0.001
Systolic pressure130.0 (IQR 120.0-140.0)126.0 (IQR 120.0-140.0)<0.001
Pulse pressure50.0 (IQR 40.0-60.0)50.0 (IQR 40.0-60.0)<0.001
Fasting glucose279.0 (IQR 200.0-350.0)200.0 (IQR 140.0-280.0)<0.001
HbA1c8.8 (IQR 7.1-10.7)8.0 (IQR 6.8-10.0)<0.001
Years smoking25.0 (IQR 12.0-38.0)38.0 (IQR 30.0-38.0)<0.001

Complicated: total number of patients and percentage in whom physicians registered one or more of the five events of interest in their medical record. Uncomplicated: total number of patients and percentage in whom physicians registered none of the five events of interest in their medical record.