Construction of a predictive model for type 2 diabetes remission based on artificial intelligence integration of traditional Chinese medicine tongue manifestations, syndrome elements and Western medical indicators
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Construction of a predictive model for type 2 diabetes remission based on artificial intelligence integration of traditional Chinese medicine tongue manifestations, syndrome elements and Western medical indicators
Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese MedicineVol. 60, Issue 4, Pages: 1-9(2026)
HUANG Yiwen,ZHANG Ke,ZHANG Qianwei,et al.Construction of a predictive model for type 2 diabetes remission based on artificial intelligence integration of traditional Chinese medicine tongue manifestations, syndrome elements and Western medical indicators[J].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2026,60(4):1-9.
HUANG Yiwen,ZHANG Ke,ZHANG Qianwei,et al.Construction of a predictive model for type 2 diabetes remission based on artificial intelligence integration of traditional Chinese medicine tongue manifestations, syndrome elements and Western medical indicators[J].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2026,60(4):1-9. DOI: 10.16305/j.1007-1334.2026.z20251022001.
Construction of a predictive model for type 2 diabetes remission based on artificial intelligence integration of traditional Chinese medicine tongue manifestations, syndrome elements and Western medical indicators
To construct a predictive model for the remission of type 2 diabetes through nutritional intervention by integrating traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) tongue manifestation parameters, syndrome elements, and Western medical indicators.
Methods
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A retrospective analysis was conducted on 424 patients who underwent nutritional intervention targeting diabetes remission at the Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Municipal Hospital of TCM Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM from 2022 to 2024. Clinical data and tongue images of the patients at baseline and during follow-up were collected. Four types of feature combinations were constructed: Western medical indicators alone, Western medical indicators plus TCM tongue manifestation parameters, Western medical indicators plus TCM syndrome elements, and Western medical indicators plus TCM tongue manifestation parameters plus TCM syndrome elements. Logistic regression, random forest and extreme gradient boosting algorithms were respectively used for model construction, and model performance was evaluated using indicators including the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC).
Results
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The integrated model (Western medical indicators plus TCM tongue manifestation parameters plus TCM syndrome elements) constructed by the random forest algorithm exhibited the optimal predictive performance, with an AUC of 0.95 (95%
CI
: 0.92–0.98), which was significantly superior to the model with Western medical indicators alone (AUC=0.89). Variable importance analysis identified fasting C-peptide, body mass index (BMI), quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (QUICKI), body fat percentage, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), abdominal fat percentage, as well as TCM tongue manifestation parameters including tongue coating moistness (taiL) and tongue coating color parameter (taiG) as the most important predictive variables.
Conclusion
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This study successfully constructed a machine learning predictive model integrating TCM tongue manifestation parameters, syndrome elements and Western medical indicators, which can identify the advantageous population suitable for achieving diabetes remission through nutritional intervention.
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