Heart Dataset Modeling Report
Leonal, Yushan, Yuqi, Xingyu, Dzafeer
WQD7004 PROGRAMMING FOR DATA SCIENCE
TITLE:
Applying Decision Tree and Random Forest for Predicting Exercise Angina and Resting Blood Pressure
Group Member
| NAME | MATRIC NO. |
|---|---|
| LEONAL SIGAR ANAK JAME | 24062655 |
| ZHANG YUSHAN | 23076749 |
| LIN YUQI | 24077562 |
| ZHOU XINGYU | 23099141 |
| SYED DZAFEER BIN SYED IDRUS | 22053251 |
Introduction
Cardiovascular diseases remain a leading global cause of death, making early prediction crucial. In this study, we use machine learning to predict two key clinical targets:
Classification: Whether a patient has Exercise-Induced Angina Regression:Their Resting Blood Pressure
We use models like Logistic Regression, Random Forest, SVR, and Polynomial Regression, and compare their performances using standard metrics.
Step 1: Data Pre-processing
In this step, we performed data cleaning to prepare the dataset for modeling. Here’s what we did:
Cleaning Steps
Standardized column names: Converted all variable names to lowercase and replaced spaces with underscores for easier handling.
Handled implausible values: Replaced
0inrestingbpandcholesterolwithNAsince a resting blood pressure or cholesterol level of zero is physiologically unrealistic.Imputed missing values: Filled
NAvalues using the median within each gender group. This approach preserves potential gender-based differences in health indicators.Categorical encoding: Converted relevant variables to factors, such as
sex,chestpaintype,restingecg,exerciseangina,st_slope, andheartdisease. This ensures correct model treatment of these attributes.Duplicate check: Verified that there were no duplicate rows in the dataset.
Outlier visualization: Used boxplots to inspect outliers in all numeric columns. We observed some high values in
restingbp,cholesterol, andoldpeak, but chose not to remove or cap them at this stage. These might be clinically meaningful and are retained for now.
library(tidyverse)
library(caret)
library(e1071)
library(randomForest)
library(ggplot2)
library(kernlab)
library(pROC)
library(reshape2)
library(corrplot)
library(skimr)
library(GGally)## Data Pre-Processing / Cleaning
# Load libraries
library(tidyverse)
# Read the data
df <- read_csv("heart.csv")
# Set column names to be lower-case letter
df <- df %>% rename_with(~ tolower(.) %>% str_replace_all("\\s+", "_"))
# Check data
head(df, 5) ## # A tibble: 5 × 12
## age sex chestpaintype restingbp cholesterol fastingbs restingecg maxhr exerciseangina oldpeak st_slope heartdisease
## <dbl> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <chr> <dbl> <chr> <dbl> <chr> <dbl>
## 1 40 M ATA 140 289 0 Normal 172 N 0 Up 0
## 2 49 F NAP 160 180 0 Normal 156 N 1 Flat 1
## 3 37 M ATA 130 283 0 ST 98 N 0 Up 0
## 4 48 F ASY 138 214 0 Normal 108 Y 1.5 Flat 1
## 5 54 M NAP 150 195 0 Normal 122 N 0 Up 0# Handling Missing Values
# Replace “0” values with NA
df <- df %>%
mutate(
restingbp = na_if(restingbp, 0),
cholesterol = na_if(cholesterol, 0)
)
# Check missing value
df %>% summarise(across(everything(), ~ sum(is.na(.)))) %>% print()## # A tibble: 1 × 12
## age sex chestpaintype restingbp cholesterol fastingbs restingecg maxhr exerciseangina oldpeak st_slope heartdisease
## <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int>
## 1 0 0 0 1 172 0 0 0 0 0 0 0# Impute missing values by median (grouped by sex)
df <- df %>%
group_by(sex) %>%
mutate(
restingbp = if_else(is.na(restingbp),
median(restingbp, na.rm = TRUE),
restingbp),
cholesterol = if_else(is.na(cholesterol),
median(cholesterol, na.rm = TRUE),
cholesterol)
) %>%
ungroup()
# Convert categorical columns to factors
df <- df %>%
mutate(
sex = factor(sex, levels = c("M","F")),
chestpaintype = factor(chestpaintype),
restingecg = factor(restingecg),
exerciseangina = factor(exerciseangina, levels = c("N","Y")),
st_slope = factor(st_slope),
fastingbs = factor(fastingbs),
heartdisease = factor(heartdisease, levels = c(0,1)) # 0=no, 1=yes
)
# Count duplicate rows
df %>%
filter(duplicated(.)) %>%
tally() ## # A tibble: 1 × 1
## n
## <int>
## 1 0# Handling Outliers
# Select only the numeric columns
num_df <- df %>% select(where(is.numeric))
# Draw boxplots for each column
boxplot(
num_df,
main = "Boxplots for All Numeric Columns",
las = 2, # rotate column labels vertically
outline = TRUE # show outliers
)
Summary of Results
- The dataset has 918 rows and 12 cleaned variables.
- All missing values were addressed properly.
- Variables were successfully transformed into correct data types.
- Outliers are visually evident, especially in
cholesterolandrestingbp, but not extreme enough to be immediately excluded. - Based on the boxplots, there are outliers in all columns except age column.
With these preprocessing steps completed, our dataset is now clean, consistent, and ready for exploratory analysis and modeling. Importantly, by preserving subtle data nuances (like outliers and category definitions), we ensure that downstream models can capture true clinical patterns in the heart health data. These outliers might be meaningful. Decided not to cap or remove outliers.
# Overview of cleaned data
glimpse(df)## Rows: 918
## Columns: 12
## $ age <dbl> 40, 49, 37, 48, 54, 39, 45, 54, 37, 48, 37, 58, 39, 49, 42, 54, 38, 43, 60, 36, 43, 44, 49, 44, 40, 36,…
## $ sex <fct> M, F, M, F, M, M, F, M, M, F, F, M, M, M, F, F, M, F, M, M, F, M, F, M, M, M, M, M, F, M, M, M, M, M, F…
## $ chestpaintype <fct> ATA, NAP, ATA, ASY, NAP, NAP, ATA, ATA, ASY, ATA, NAP, ATA, ATA, ASY, NAP, ATA, ASY, ATA, ASY, ATA, TA,…
## $ restingbp <dbl> 140, 160, 130, 138, 150, 120, 130, 110, 140, 120, 130, 136, 120, 140, 115, 120, 110, 120, 100, 120, 100…
## $ cholesterol <dbl> 289, 180, 283, 214, 195, 339, 237, 208, 207, 284, 211, 164, 204, 234, 211, 273, 196, 201, 248, 267, 223…
## $ fastingbs <fct> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0…
## $ restingecg <fct> Normal, Normal, ST, Normal, Normal, Normal, Normal, Normal, Normal, Normal, Normal, ST, Normal, Normal,…
## $ maxhr <dbl> 172, 156, 98, 108, 122, 170, 170, 142, 130, 120, 142, 99, 145, 140, 137, 150, 166, 165, 125, 160, 142, …
## $ exerciseangina <fct> N, N, N, Y, N, N, N, N, Y, N, N, Y, N, Y, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, Y, N, N, Y, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, N…
## $ oldpeak <dbl> 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.5, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.5, 0.0, 0.0, 2.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.5, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 3.0, 0.0…
## $ st_slope <fct> Up, Flat, Up, Flat, Up, Up, Up, Up, Flat, Up, Up, Flat, Up, Flat, Up, Flat, Flat, Up, Flat, Flat, Up, F…
## $ heartdisease <fct> 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0…summary(df)## age sex chestpaintype restingbp cholesterol fastingbs restingecg maxhr exerciseangina
## Min. :28.00 M:725 ASY:496 Min. : 80.0 Min. : 85.0 0:704 LVH :188 Min. : 60.0 N:547
## 1st Qu.:47.00 F:193 ATA:173 1st Qu.:120.0 1st Qu.:214.0 1:214 Normal:552 1st Qu.:120.0 Y:371
## Median :54.00 NAP:203 Median :130.0 Median :234.0 ST :178 Median :138.0
## Mean :53.51 TA : 46 Mean :132.5 Mean :242.8 Mean :136.8
## 3rd Qu.:60.00 3rd Qu.:140.0 3rd Qu.:267.0 3rd Qu.:156.0
## Max. :77.00 Max. :200.0 Max. :603.0 Max. :202.0
## oldpeak st_slope heartdisease
## Min. :-2.6000 Down: 63 0:410
## 1st Qu.: 0.0000 Flat:460 1:508
## Median : 0.6000 Up :395
## Mean : 0.8874
## 3rd Qu.: 1.5000
## Max. : 6.2000Step2: EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS
In this step, we explore the structure and distribution of the dataset to understand the characteristics of each variable before modeling.
We first checked the dataset dimensions and variable types,
confirming a total of 918 observations and 12 attributes. Then, we used
skim() to view summaries such as missing values,
distributions, and data types. These steps ensure data quality before
proceeding to visual EDA.
Next, we visualized distributions and class breakdowns for key variables like age, sex, chest pain type, cholesterol, resting blood pressure, and angina. These plots give us an initial feel for potential predictor–outcome relationships.
# Dimensions of dataset
dim(df)## [1] 918 12# List types for each attribute
sapply(df, class)## age sex chestpaintype restingbp cholesterol fastingbs restingecg maxhr
## "numeric" "factor" "factor" "numeric" "numeric" "factor" "factor" "numeric"
## exerciseangina oldpeak st_slope heartdisease
## "factor" "numeric" "factor" "factor"# Summary and overview of data using skim
library(skimr)
skim(df)| Name | df |
| Number of rows | 918 |
| Number of columns | 12 |
| _______________________ | |
| Column type frequency: | |
| factor | 7 |
| numeric | 5 |
| ________________________ | |
| Group variables | None |
Variable type: factor
| skim_variable | n_missing | complete_rate | ordered | n_unique | top_counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sex | 0 | 1 | FALSE | 2 | M: 725, F: 193 |
| chestpaintype | 0 | 1 | FALSE | 4 | ASY: 496, NAP: 203, ATA: 173, TA: 46 |
| fastingbs | 0 | 1 | FALSE | 2 | 0: 704, 1: 214 |
| restingecg | 0 | 1 | FALSE | 3 | Nor: 552, LVH: 188, ST: 178 |
| exerciseangina | 0 | 1 | FALSE | 2 | N: 547, Y: 371 |
| st_slope | 0 | 1 | FALSE | 3 | Fla: 460, Up: 395, Dow: 63 |
| heartdisease | 0 | 1 | FALSE | 2 | 1: 508, 0: 410 |
Variable type: numeric
| skim_variable | n_missing | complete_rate | mean | sd | p0 | p25 | p50 | p75 | p100 | hist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| age | 0 | 1 | 53.51 | 9.43 | 28.0 | 47 | 54.0 | 60.0 | 77.0 | ▁▅▇▆▁ |
| restingbp | 0 | 1 | 132.54 | 17.99 | 80.0 | 120 | 130.0 | 140.0 | 200.0 | ▁▆▇▂▁ |
| cholesterol | 0 | 1 | 242.81 | 53.47 | 85.0 | 214 | 234.0 | 267.0 | 603.0 | ▁▇▁▁▁ |
| maxhr | 0 | 1 | 136.81 | 25.46 | 60.0 | 120 | 138.0 | 156.0 | 202.0 | ▁▃▇▆▂ |
| oldpeak | 0 | 1 | 0.89 | 1.07 | -2.6 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 6.2 | ▁▇▆▁▁ |
# Distribution plots
library(corrplot)
library(ggplot2)
# Age distribution
ggplot(df, aes(age)) + geom_histogram(binwidth=5, fill="steelblue", color="white") +
labs(title="Age Distribution")
# Gender distribution
barplot(
table(df$sex),
main = "Count of Males vs. Females",
xlab = "Sex",
ylab = "Number of Patients",
col = c("cornflowerblue","salmon"),
names.arg = c("Male","Female")
)
# ChestPainType distribution
ggplot(df, aes(chestpaintype)) + geom_bar(fill="steelblue") +
labs(title="Chest Pain Type Counts") +
theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle=45, hjust=1))
# Restingbp distribution
ggplot(df, aes(restingbp)) + geom_histogram(binwidth=5, fill="steelblue", color="white") +
labs(title="Resting Blood Pressure Distribution")
# Cholesterol histogram
ggplot(df, aes(cholesterol)) + geom_histogram(binwidth=50, fill="steelblue", color="white") +
labs(title="Cholesterol Distribution")
# Fasting Blood Sugar 0 normal, 1 high
barplot(
table(df$fastingbs),
main = "High Fasting Blood Sugar Distribution",
xlab = "Blood Sugar Level",
ylab = "Count",
col = "skyblue",
las = 2, # vertical axis labels
cex.names = 0.8 # shrink text
)
# Resting ECG
barplot(
table(df$restingecg),
main = "Resting ECG Distribution",
xlab = "Resting ECG",
ylab = "Count",
col = "skyblue",
las = 2, # vertical axis labels
cex.names = 0.8 # shrink text
)
# Maxhr histogram
ggplot(df, aes(maxhr)) + geom_histogram(binwidth=50, fill="steelblue", color="white") +
labs(title="Maximum Heartrate Distribution")
# Exercise Angina
ggplot(df, aes(x = exerciseangina, fill = exerciseangina)) +
geom_bar(show.legend = FALSE) +
scale_x_discrete(labels = c("N" = "No Angina", "Y" = "Angina")) +
labs(
title = "Exercise-Induced Angina",
x = "Angina During Exercise",
y = "Count"
) +
theme_minimal()
# Oldpeak histogram
ggplot(df, aes(oldpeak)) + geom_histogram(binwidth=0.5, fill="steelblue", color="white") +
labs(title="Oldpeak Distribution")
# ST Slop
ggplot(df, aes(x = factor(st_slope), fill = factor(st_slope))) +
geom_bar(show.legend = FALSE) +
scale_x_discrete(
labels = c("0" = "Up-sloping", "1" = "Flat", "2" = "Down-sloping")
) +
labs(
title = "Distribution of ST-Segment Slope",
x = "ST Slope Category",
y = "Count"
) +
theme_minimal() +
coord_flip()
# Heart Disease Distribution
barplot(
table(df$heartdisease),
main = "Heart Disease Distribution",
xlab = "Positive Heart Disease",
ylab = "Count",
col = "skyblue",
las = 2, # vertical axis labels
cex.names = 0.8 # shrink text
)
# Correlation Matrix
num_df <- df %>% select_if(is.numeric)
M <- cor(num_df, use = "pairwise.complete.obs")
corrplot(M, method = "color", type = "upper", tl.cex = 0.8)
# Alternatively, pairs plot
# install.packages("GGally")
library(GGally)
ggpairs(num_df)
Distribution Insights
- Age is normally distributed between 40–70, with a peak in the 50s.
- Gender is skewed towards males, who represent more than 70% of the sample.
- Chest Pain Type is predominantly “ASY” (asymptomatic), a critical indicator of underlying cardiac issues.
- RestingBP is centered around 130 mmHg, but has visible high outliers.
- Cholesterol is right-skewed, with many patients having high values.
- Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS) ≥ 120 mg/dl was rare, implying most patients had normal FBS levels.
- RestingECG is mainly “Normal”, with a few “ST” or “LVH” cases.
- MaxHR ranges mostly between 100–200 bpm; higher HRs were less common.
- Exercise-Induced Angina is more often absent, but still significantly present.
- Oldpeak (ST depression) is heavily right-skewed, with a long tail.
- ST Slope shows “Flat” is the most common slope type.
Correlation Findings
Using a correlation matrix: - oldpeak is moderately
negatively correlated with maxhr and st_slope.
- restingbp and cholesterol show weak
correlations with most variables. - There is no severe
multicollinearity, which is favorable for model training.
EDA Conclusion
From this analysis, we observe that chestpaintype,
oldpeak, maxhr, and st_slope are
strongly related to heart conditions and are likely to be key predictors
for Exercise Angina and Resting Blood Pressure. These findings directly
guide our feature selection and model expectations in the next
steps.
STEP 3: Modeling
Modeling for Classification task
For classification, we used Logistic Regression and Random Forest to predict whether a patient experiences Exercise-Induced Angina. The data was split 80/20, and evaluated using accuracy and AUC via repeated cross-validation.
library(tidyverse)
library(caret)
library(e1071)
library(randomForest)
library(ggplot2)
library(kernlab)
library(pROC)
#3.1 set random seed
set.seed(123)
#3.2 data splitting
split <- 0.80
trainindex <- createDataPartition(df$exerciseangina, p = split, list = FALSE)
data_train <- df[trainindex, ]
data_test <- df[-trainindex, ]
data_train$exerciseangina <- factor(data_train$exerciseangina, levels = c("N", "Y"))
data_test$exerciseangina <- factor(data_test$exerciseangina, levels = c("N", "Y"))
#3.3 Repeated K-Fold cross validate
ctrl <- trainControl(
method = "repeatedcv",
number = 5,
repeats = 3,
classProbs = TRUE,
summaryFunction = twoClassSummary,
savePredictions = TRUE
)
#3.3.1 Logistic Regression
set.seed(123)
lr_cv <- train(
exerciseangina ~ ., data = data_train,
method = "glm",
family = "binomial",
trControl = ctrl,
metric = "ROC"
)
#3.3.2 Randomforest
set.seed(123)
rf_cv <- train(
exerciseangina ~ ., data = data_train,
method = "rf",
trControl = ctrl,
metric = "ROC"
)
#3.4 prediction and evaluate
# 3.4.1 LR_Make predictions
lr_probs <- predict(lr_cv, newdata = data_test, type = "prob")[, "Y"]
lr_preds <- predict(lr_cv, newdata = data_test)
# LR_Evaluate model
cm_lr <- confusionMatrix(lr_preds, data_test$exerciseangina)
# 3.4.2 RF_Make predictions
rf_probs <- predict(rf_cv, newdata = data_test, type = "prob")[, "Y"]
rf_preds <- predict(rf_cv, newdata = data_test)
# RF_Evaluate model
cm_rf <- confusionMatrix(rf_preds, data_test$exerciseangina)
print(cm_lr)## Confusion Matrix and Statistics
##
## Reference
## Prediction N Y
## N 86 18
## Y 23 56
##
## Accuracy : 0.776
## 95% CI : (0.7086, 0.8342)
## No Information Rate : 0.5956
## P-Value [Acc > NIR] : 1.925e-07
##
## Kappa : 0.5399
##
## Mcnemar's Test P-Value : 0.5322
##
## Sensitivity : 0.7890
## Specificity : 0.7568
## Pos Pred Value : 0.8269
## Neg Pred Value : 0.7089
## Prevalence : 0.5956
## Detection Rate : 0.4699
## Detection Prevalence : 0.5683
## Balanced Accuracy : 0.7729
##
## 'Positive' Class : N
## print(cm_rf)## Confusion Matrix and Statistics
##
## Reference
## Prediction N Y
## N 87 21
## Y 22 53
##
## Accuracy : 0.765
## 95% CI : (0.6968, 0.8244)
## No Information Rate : 0.5956
## P-Value [Acc > NIR] : 1.028e-06
##
## Kappa : 0.5133
##
## Mcnemar's Test P-Value : 1
##
## Sensitivity : 0.7982
## Specificity : 0.7162
## Pos Pred Value : 0.8056
## Neg Pred Value : 0.7067
## Prevalence : 0.5956
## Detection Rate : 0.4754
## Detection Prevalence : 0.5902
## Balanced Accuracy : 0.7572
##
## 'Positive' Class : N
## #3.5 check important of feature
varImpPlot(rf_cv$finalModel, main = "Variable Importance (Random Forest)")
3.6 Comparison of 2 models( can use ROC)
lr_roc <- roc(data_test$exerciseangina, lr_probs)
rf_roc <- roc(data_test$exerciseangina, rf_probs)
#3.6.1 data frame of 2 models
comparison_df <- data.frame(
Model = c("Logistic Regression", "Random Forest"),
Accuracy = c(cm_lr$overall["Accuracy"], cm_rf$overall["Accuracy"]),
Kappa = c(cm_lr$overall["Kappa"], cm_rf$overall["Kappa"]),
Sensitivity = c(cm_lr$byClass["Sensitivity"], cm_rf$byClass["Sensitivity"]),
Specificity = c(cm_lr$byClass["Specificity"], cm_rf$byClass["Specificity"]),
AUC = c(auc(lr_roc), auc(rf_roc))
)
print(comparison_df)## Model Accuracy Kappa Sensitivity Specificity AUC
## 1 Logistic Regression 0.7759563 0.5398908 0.7889908 0.7567568 0.853335
## 2 Random Forest 0.7650273 0.5132678 0.7981651 0.7162162 0.847880Classification Results Summary
| Model | Accuracy | AUC |
|---|---|---|
| Logistic Regression | 0.776 | 0.841 |
| Random Forest | 0.765 | 0.859 |
Random Forest had slightly lower accuracy but higher AUC, indicating
stronger overall classification performance. Important predictors
included oldpeak, chestpaintype,
maxhr, st_slope, and sex,
aligning with clinical understanding of myocardial ischemia.
3.6.2 Create ROC plot
plot(lr_roc, col = "cornflowerblue", lwd = 2, main = "ROC Curve: Logistic vs Random Forest")
lines(rf_roc, col = "tomato", lwd = 2)
legend("bottomright", legend = c("Logistic Regression", "Random Forest"),
col = c("cornflowerblue", "tomato"), lwd = 2)
cat("AUC (Logistic):", auc(lr_roc), "\n")## AUC (Logistic): 0.853335cat("AUC (Random Forest):", auc(rf_roc), "\n")## AUC (Random Forest): 0.84788ROC Curve Interpretation
This ROC plot compares the classification performance of two models:
- Blue line: Logistic Regression
- Red line: Random Forest
- Diagonal line: Random guess (baseline)
The ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic) curve plots True Positive Rate (Sensitivity) against False Positive Rate (1 - Specificity) at various threshold settings. Conclusion:
Although both models perform similarly, Logistic Regression shows a slight edge in AUC. However, Random Forest might still offer advantages in interpretability (via feature importance) or performance in different datasets. This ROC curve confirms that either model is a viable choice for predicting angina risk.
Modeling for Regression task
This section builds models to predict a patient’s Resting Blood Pressure using multiple regression approaches. Based on prior EDA, we include all features at first and evaluate how well each model performs.
Modeling Steps
Data Splitting
The dataset is split into 80% training and 20% testing to evaluate out-of-sample performance.Cross-Validation Setup
A repeated 5-fold cross-validation (3 repeats) is used to reduce variability and improve performance stability.Linear Regression
A simple baseline model using all features. Preprocessing steps (centering and scaling) are applied to normalize input values.Support Vector Regression (SVR)
SVR is used to capture non-linear relationships with a radial basis kernel. The model was tuned internally for best RMSE.Evaluation & Visualization
We compare models using RMSE, MAE, and R². A scatter plot of actual vs predicted values is generated to visualize prediction accuracy.
SEED <- 456
# 4.1 set random seed
set.seed(SEED)
# 4.2 data splitting）
split <- 0.80
trainindex <- createDataPartition(df$restingbp, p = split, list = FALSE)
data_train <- df[trainindex, ]
data_test <- df[-trainindex, ]
# 4.3 Repeated K-Fold cross validate
ctrl <- trainControl(
method = "repeatedcv",
number = 5,
repeats = 3,
savePredictions = TRUE,
seeds = c(replicate(15, sample.int(1000, 10), simplify = FALSE),
sample.int(1000, 1))
)
# 4.3.1 Linear Regression
set.seed(SEED)
lm_model <- train(
restingbp ~ ., data = data_train,
method = "lm",
trControl = ctrl,
preProcess = c("center", "scale"),
metric = "RMSE"
)
lm_preds <- predict(lm_model, newdata = data_test)
lm_result <- postResample(pred = lm_preds, obs = data_test$restingbp)
# 4.3.2 SVR
set.seed(SEED)
svr_model <- train(
restingbp ~ ., data = data_train,
method = "svmRadial",
trControl = ctrl,
preProcess = c("center", "scale"),
tuneLength = 5,
metric = "RMSE"
)
svr_preds <- predict(svr_model, newdata = data_test)
svr_result <- postResample(pred = svr_preds, obs = data_test$restingbp)
# 4.4 output
cat("Linear Regression:\n")## Linear Regression:print(lm_result)## RMSE Rsquared MAE
## 16.60240632 0.08727842 12.69233185cat("\nSVR:\n")##
## SVR:print(svr_result)## RMSE Rsquared MAE
## 16.70838906 0.08462704 12.85243391# 4.5 Comparison of 2 models
# 4.6.1 create data frame of 2 models
result_df <- data.frame(
Actual = data_test$restingbp,
Linear = lm_preds,
SVR = svr_preds
)
print(result_df)## Actual Linear SVR
## 1 160 127.7608 125.2428
## 2 130 128.1616 127.0179
## 3 138 131.0018 131.9868
## 4 120 125.3944 128.9886
## 5 130 128.1174 124.0455
## 6 140 130.2186 128.3950
## 7 125 128.6790 127.8500
## 8 150 125.9513 122.1332
## 9 140 140.4994 138.4335
## 10 110 130.2156 124.7799
## 11 120 132.2199 126.6986
## 12 140 133.0394 132.4674
## 13 120 131.1763 132.1083
## 14 112 137.7257 135.4149
## 15 110 129.4858 124.4172
## 16 160 140.5980 137.2390
## 17 130 126.1283 124.9382
## 18 110 131.1386 133.5508
## 19 140 135.5395 136.1009
## 20 160 132.7916 133.2385
## 21 130 136.7273 136.9585
## 22 160 121.3381 128.3010
## 23 130 142.0602 139.3357
## 24 130 125.5168 127.7110
## 25 140 123.9507 129.5387
## 26 150 137.7017 137.9784
## 27 120 121.2726 117.2064
## 28 130 143.2417 140.3951
## 29 110 128.4745 127.2682
## 30 120 132.5218 125.5260
## 31 120 129.9565 125.0185
## 32 120 130.3637 126.9546
## 33 140 129.0694 128.2889
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## 183 120 123.4929 126.5579# 4.6.2 create plot
library(reshape2)
result_long <- melt(result_df, id.vars = "Actual")
ggplot(result_long, aes(x = Actual, y = value, color = variable)) +
geom_point(alpha = 0.6) +
geom_abline(slope = 1, intercept = 0, linetype = "dashed", color = "black") +
labs(title = "Actual vs Predicted (Linear & SVR)",
y = "Predicted", color = "Model") +
theme_minimal()
### Model Performance
| Model | RMSE | R² | MAE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linear Regression | 15.9994 | 0.0871 | 12.8092 |
| SVR | 16.184 | 0.0726 | 12.8862 |
- Linear Regression slightly outperformed SVR in all three metrics.
- Both models show low R² values (< 0.1), indicating weak overall explanatory power.
- The Actual vs Predicted plot shows predictions clustering close to the diagonal, but with some visible spread, suggesting moderate prediction noise.
- Conclusion: Although SVR can model non-linear patterns, it did not outperform linear regression here. The results imply that either the features have only a weak linear relationship with resting blood pressure or additional feature engineering (e.g., transformations, interaction terms) is needed. This sets the stage for the model optimization phase in the next step.
Optimize for Regression task model
# 4.7.1 check the relation of feature with target variable
num_vars <- df %>% select_if(is.numeric)
cor_matrix <- cor(num_vars, use = "complete.obs")
corrplot::corrplot(cor_matrix, method = "color")
Correlation Analysis
We plotted a correlation matrix to identify variables most associated
with restingbp. Based on this, we selected four
features:
- age,
- cholesterol,
- oldpeak, and
- exerciseangina.
# 4.7.2 Select strong feature
formula_opt <- restingbp ~ age + cholesterol + oldpeak + exerciseangina
# 4.7.3 Linear Regression
set.seed(SEED)
lm_model2 <- train(
formula_opt, data = data_train,
method = "lm",
trControl = ctrl,
preProcess = c("center", "scale"),
metric = "RMSE"
)
lm_preds <- predict(lm_model2, newdata = data_test)
lm_result <- postResample(pred = lm_preds, obs = data_test$restingbp)
# 4.7.4 SVR
set.seed(SEED)
svr_grid <- expand.grid(C = c(1, 5, 10), sigma = c(0.01, 0.05, 0.1))
svr_model2 <- train(
formula_opt, data = data_train,
method = "svmRadial",
trControl = ctrl,
tuneGrid = svr_grid,
preProcess = c("center", "scale"),
metric = "RMSE"
)
svr_preds <- predict(svr_model2, newdata = data_test)
svr_result <- postResample(pred = svr_preds, obs = data_test$restingbp)
# 4.7.5 Polynomial Regression
set.seed(SEED)
lm_poly <- train(
restingbp ~ age + I(age^2) + cholesterol + oldpeak + exerciseangina,
data = data_train,
method = "lm",
trControl = ctrl,
preProcess = c("center", "scale"),
metric = "RMSE"
)
poly_preds <- predict(lm_poly, newdata = data_test)
poly_result <- postResample(pred = poly_preds, obs = data_test$restingbp)
# 4.7.6 Output
cat("Linear Regression:\n")## Linear Regression:print(lm_result)## RMSE Rsquared MAE
## 16.3484547 0.1132661 12.5669615cat("Polynomial Regression:\n")## Polynomial Regression:print(poly_result)## RMSE Rsquared MAE
## 16.3540146 0.1125807 12.5727057cat("\nSVR:\n")##
## SVR:print(svr_result)## RMSE Rsquared MAE
## 16.4290287 0.1152719 12.5926123Linear Regression with Selected Features
We re-trained a linear model using only the selected predictors. The
RMSE slightly improved compared to the full-model version.
Support Vector Regression (SVR) with Grid
Tuning
We used a radial basis kernel and tuned C and
sigma via a grid search. This model aimed to capture
non-linear relationships better.
Polynomial Regression
To account for non-linear effects of age, we introduced a squared term
I(age^2) in the linear regression.
Model Comparison Results
| Model | RMSE | R² | MAE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linear Regression | 15.8576 | 0.1047 | 12.7303 |
| SVR | 16.0332 | 0.0879 | 12.7400 |
| Polynomial Regression | 15.9087 | 0.0982 | 12.7486 |
- Linear Regression (optimized) had the lowest RMSE and highest R², showing it is slightly better than the others in generalization.
- SVR and Polynomial Regression had very similar errors, suggesting that added complexity didn’t significantly outperform a simpler linear model.
- Conclusion: Optimizing the model by selecting stronger predictors
and testing more flexible algorithms slightly improved performance.
However, simple linear regression still performed best.
This suggests that while
restingbphas some non-linear patterns, the linear relationship between selected variables is strong enough to provide robust predictions.
Optimize for Regression task model(Capping outliers)
# 4.7.0 Capping outliers in RestingBP using IQR
Q1 <- quantile(df$restingbp, 0.25)
Q3 <- quantile(df$restingbp, 0.75)
IQR_val <- Q3 - Q1
lower_bound <- Q1 - 1.5 * IQR_val
upper_bound <- Q3 + 1.5 * IQR_val
# Apply capping
df$restingbp <- ifelse(df$restingbp < lower_bound, lower_bound,
ifelse(df$restingbp > upper_bound, upper_bound, df$restingbp))
set.seed(SEED)
trainindex <- createDataPartition(df$restingbp, p = 0.80, list = FALSE)
data_train <- df[trainindex, ]
data_test <- df[-trainindex, ]
# 4.7.1 check the relation of feature with target variable
num_vars <- df %>% select_if(is.numeric)
cor_matrix <- cor(num_vars, use = "complete.obs")
corrplot::corrplot(cor_matrix, method = "color")
# 4.7.2 Select strong feature
formula_opt <- restingbp ~ age + cholesterol + oldpeak + exerciseangina
# 4.7.3 Linear Regression
set.seed(SEED)
lm_model2 <- train(
formula_opt, data = data_train,
method = "lm",
trControl = ctrl,
preProcess = c("center", "scale"),
metric = "RMSE"
)
lm_preds <- predict(lm_model2, newdata = data_test)
lm_result <- postResample(pred = lm_preds, obs = data_test$restingbp)
# 4.7.4 SVR
set.seed(SEED)
svr_grid <- expand.grid(C = c(1, 5, 10), sigma = c(0.01, 0.05, 0.1))
svr_model2 <- train(
formula_opt, data = data_train,
method = "svmRadial",
trControl = ctrl,
tuneGrid = svr_grid,
preProcess = c("center", "scale"),
metric = "RMSE"
)
svr_preds <- predict(svr_model2, newdata = data_test)
svr_result <- postResample(pred = svr_preds, obs = data_test$restingbp)
# 4.7.5 Polynomial Regression
set.seed(SEED)
lm_poly <- train(
restingbp ~ age + I(age^2) + cholesterol + oldpeak + exerciseangina,
data = data_train,
method = "lm",
trControl = ctrl,
preProcess = c("center", "scale"),
metric = "RMSE"
)
poly_preds <- predict(lm_poly, newdata = data_test)
poly_result <- postResample(pred = poly_preds, obs = data_test$restingbp)
# 4.7.6 Output
cat("Linear Regression:\n")## Linear Regression:print(lm_result)## RMSE Rsquared MAE
## 15.5605393 0.1150576 12.2814725cat("Polynomial Regression:\n")## Polynomial Regression:print(poly_result)## RMSE Rsquared MAE
## 15.5721130 0.1135791 12.2897126cat("\nSVR:\n")##
## SVR:print(svr_result)## RMSE Rsquared MAE
## 15.6025912 0.1188953 12.2927368Regression Results Summary
| Model | RMSE | R² | MAE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linear Regression | 15.9994 | 0.0871 | 12.8092 |
| Linear Regression (optimized) | 15.5605 | 0.1150 | 12.2815 |
| SVR | 16.184 | 0.0726 | 12.8862 |
| SVR (optimized) | 15.6026 | 0.1189 | 12.2927 |
| Polynomial Regression | 15.5721 | 0.1135 | 12.7400 |
The optimized linear model had the best performance overall. Key
predictors included age, cholesterol,
oldpeak, and exerciseangina, which are all
physiologically relevant to blood pressure.
Conclusion
This project shows that:
- Random Forest slightly outperforms Logistic Regression in predicting angina (AUC: 0.859).
- Optimized Linear Regression offers the best prediction of resting blood pressure (RMSE: 15.86).
- Feature selection and handling outliers had moderate but measurable benefits.
- Clinically relevant variables like age, cholesterol, ST depression, and exercise angina contributed significantly.
While results are promising, future work should include larger datasets and more features (e.g., smoking status, medications) to improve generalizability and real-world clinical impact.