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. 2022 Jan 3;6(1):1–47. doi: 10.1007/s41666-021-00109-4

Table 2.

Discretized features represented using fuzzy variables

Features/unit Range Fuzzy variable
Age (A)/(years) 1 ≤ A < 12 Child
12 ≤ A < 20 Adolescence
20 ≤ A < 40 Young
40 ≤ A < 60 Middle
60 ≤ A < 70 Senior
A ≥ 70 Old
Season (S)/(month) 1st Mar.–31st May Summer
1st June–31stAug Monsoon
1st Sept.–31st Nov Autumn
1st Dec.–End_Feb Winter
Location (L) with respect to sea level/(meter) 0 < L ≤ 1500 Normal_level
1500 ≤ L < 2400 High level
2400 ≤ L < 5000 Very high level
L ≥ 5000 Extreme_level
BMI/(kg/m2) BMI < 16 Severe_thinness
16 ≤ BMI < 18.5 Mild_thinness
18.5 ≤ BMI < 25 Normal
25 ≤ BMI < 30 Overweight
BMI ≥ 30 Obese
Cold/(days) 0 None
0 ≤ Cold < 3 Sore throat
1 ≤ Cold < 3 Nasal congestion
3 ≤ Cold < 5 Runny nose
4 ≤ Cold < 6 Sneezing
Body ache (BA)/(days) 0 ≤ BA < 1 None
1 ≤ BA < 3 Acute
3 ≤ BA < 6 Chronic
Nausea (N)/(times) 0 None
0 ≤ N < 2 Mild
2 ≤ N < 4 Acute
4 ≤ N < 6 Severe
Systolic (BPS)/diastolic (BPD)/(mmHG) BPS < 90/BPD < 60 Low
90 ≤ BPS < 120/60 ≤ BPD < 80 Normal
120 ≤ BPS < 140/80 ≤ BPD < 100 High
140 ≤ BPS < 160/100 ≤ BPD < 110 Stage 1_Hypertensive
160 ≤ BPS < 180/110 ≤ BPD < 120 Stage 2_Hypertensive
BPS ≥ 180/BPD ≥ 120 Crisis_Hypertensive
Pulse (PU)/(bpm) PU < 60 Low
60 ≤ PU < 73 Normal
73 ≤ PU < 83 Average
PU ≥ 83 Poor
SpO2 (SO)/(percentage) SO < 85 Severe_hypoxic
85 ≤ SO < 90 Hypoxic
90 ≤ SO < 95 COPD
SO ≥ 95 Healthy
Temperature (T)/(degree Fahrenheit) T < 97 Hypothermia
97 ≤ T < 99.5 Normal
99.5 ≤ T < 104 Hyperthermia
T ≥ 104 Hyperpyrexia
Breathlessness (BN)/(grades) 0 None
0 ≤ BN < 1 Mild
1 ≤ BN < 2 Moderate
2 ≤ BN < 3 Severe
3 ≤ BN < 4 Very severe
Headache(H)/(days) 0 None
0 ≤ H < 2 Low
2 ≤ H < 4 Medium
4 ≤ H < 6 Severe
Abdominal pain(AP)/(days) 0 None
0 ≤ AP < 2 Mild
2 ≤ AP < 4 Moderate
4 ≤ AP < 6 Severe