Summary
This paper presents a method for identification of coronary disease using the discriminant analysis. The set of discriminant variables used is composed by the general characteristics of the patient, the lipemic values, collected by a blood analysis, and some results of a cardiac catheterism. By using all the variables a total level of classification of about 89.9% is reached, separating the healthy patients from the sick patients affected by a coronary disease. The discriminant analysis is also performed using the general characteristics of the patient and the lipemic values only (i.e. noninvasive medical examinations), and general characteristics and some results of a cardiac catheterism only. In conclusion, the diagnosis of coronary artery disease, obtained by discriminant analysis of noninvasive data, seems to be good enough to discriminate sick from healthy people and to assign patients to a further protocol.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
References
R. H. Rosenman, R. J. Brand, R. I. Sholtz and M. Friedman: Am. J. Cardiol., 37, 903 (1976).
S. B. Hulley, R. H. Rosenman, R. D. Bawol and R. J. Brand: N. Engl. J. Med., 302, 1383 (1980).
T. Gordon W. P. Castelli, M. C. Hjortland, W. B. Kannel and T. R. Dawber: Am. J. Med., 62, 707 (1977).
W. B. Kannel: Am. J. Cardiol. B, 52, 9 (1983).
L. A. Carlson and L. E. Bottiger: Acta Med. Scand., 218, 207 (1985).
M. H. Criqui: Am. J. Cardiol. C, 57, 18 (1986).
G. Rose and M. Shipley: BMJ, 293, 306 (1986).
J. D. Neaton, L. H. Kuller, D. Wentworth and N. O. Borhani: Am. Heart J., 108, 759 (1984).
European Collaborative trial of multifactorial prevention of coronary heart disease: final report on the 6-years results. WHO European Collaborative Group, Lancet, i, 869 (1986).
L. Lison: Statistica applicata alla Biologia Sperimentale (CEA, Milano, 1982).
W. W. Coley and P. R. Lohnes: Multivariate Data Analysis (Wiley, New York, N.Y., 1971).
M. M. Tatsuoka: Multivariate Analysis (Wiley, New York, N.Y., 1971).
M. S. Srivastava and E. M. Carter: An introduction to Applied Multivariate Statistics (Elsevier Science Publ. Co. Inc., New York, N.Y., 1983).
T. W. Heyck and W. Klecka: British Radical M.P.’s 1874–1895: New Evidence from Discriminate Analysis, J. Interdiscip. Hist., 4 (1973).
SPSS (McGraw-Hill, New York, N.Y., 1975).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Balbarini, A., Becuzzi, L., Biadi, O. et al. Coronary disease identification using the discriminant analysis. Nouv Cim D 11, 1845–1852 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459125
Received:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459125