New Artificial Intelligence Model Predicts Disease Progression During Aging

Researchers developed an artificial intelligence-supported model to monitor the progression of diseases that occur during aging.

A new artificial intelligence computer model is developed by researchers to assess the health status and disease risks across a patient’s lifespan.

The model is described in a recent report in the Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics.

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‘New artificial intelligence-powered computer model supports the assessment of long-term complex diseases and helps clinicians develop more effective treatments.’

“There is an unmet need for scalable approaches that can guide pharmaceutical care across the lifespan in the presence of aging and chronic co-morbidities,” said lead author Murali Ramanathan, Ph.D., professor of pharmaceutical sciences in the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

The increased risk of developing metabolic and cardiovascular diseases with aging needs an innovative method to watch the adverse effects on cellular, psychological and behavioral processes.

Using artificial intelligence, a team of University at Buffalo researchers has developed a novel system that models the progression of chronic diseases as patients age.

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For the study, the team examined data from three case studies within the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) that assessed the metabolic and cardiovascular biomarkers of nearly 40,000 people in the United States.

Including measurements such as temperature, body weight, and height, biomarkers are used to diagnose, treat and monitor the overall health and numerous diseases.

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Researchers then examined seven metabolic biomarkers: body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose, and glycohemoglobin.

The cardiovascular biomarkers examined include systolic and diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate, and homocysteine. By analyzing changes in metabolic and cardiovascular biomarkers, the model “learns” how aging affects these measurements.

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Via machine learning, the system used a memory of previous biomarker levels to predict future measurements, which ultimately reveal how metabolic and cardiovascular diseases progress over time.

This model could facilitate the assessment of long-term chronic drug therapies, and help clinicians monitor treatment responses for conditions such as diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure, which become more frequent with age.

Source-Medindia