Explainable Retinal Imaging for Prediction of Multi-Organ Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.24912v1
• Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 07:31:57 GMT
• Title: Explainable Retinal Imaging for Prediction of Multi-Organ Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes
• Abstract summary: System-level abnormality indices were constructed to quantify organ-specific dysfunction.<n>Supervised machine learning models were trained to predict multi-system dysregulation.<n>Hyperglycaemia, renal impairment, dyslipidaemia, and inflammation were the dominant drivers of multi-system risk.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasingly recognised as a systemic disease characterised by coordinated dysfunction across metabolic, renal, lipid, and inflammatory pathways. Existing clinical assessments often fail to capture this multi-dimensional burden. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of 1,195 patients using routinely collected laboratory biomarkers. System-level abnormality indices were constructed to quantify organ-specific dysfunction, and multi-system involvement was defined as abnormalities in two or more systems. Supervised machine learning models, including logistic regression, random forest, and gradient boosting, were trained to predict multi-system dysregulation. Model interpretability was achieved using SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP). Results: The gradient boosting model demonstrated near-perfect discrimination (AUC = 1.000), significantly outperforming logistic regression (AUC = 0.925). Feature attribution analysis revealed that hyperglycaemia, renal impairment, dyslipidaemia, and inflammation were the dominant drivers of multi-system risk. Dose-response relationships observed in partial dependence analyses further supported the biological plausibility of model predictions. Conclusion: This study presents an interpretable, data-driven framework for quantifying systemic disease burden in T2DM. By linking routine biomarkers to multi-organ dysfunction, our approach provides both predictive accuracy and mechanistic insight, offering potential for improved risk stratification and precision medicine in diabetes care. The data and code used in this study are openly available on GitHub at: https://github.com/MiniHanWang/Type-2-Diabetes-1.git

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