Science and technology continue to collaborate to facilitate people's lives.A clinical study of the founder of Cardiogram, Brandon Ballinger, revealed that Apple Watch can detect diabetes in patients with 85 % precision.
This study is part of a larger investigation called Deepheart, which is done in collaboration with the UCSF health laboratory.For its development, data from 14,000 Apple Watch users were used.Through the use of the Watch heart rate sensor, it could be detected that 462 of them had diabetes.According to TechCrunch, this is the same type of sensor incorporated into other fitness bands that use Android Wear.
This result is part of an arduous research.Previously, Ballinger and his colleagues were able to use the Apple Watch to detect an abnormal heart rate with up to 97% precision.Sleep apnea was also detected with 90% precision and hypertension with 82% precision.This is achieved when combined with an algorithm based on artificial cardiograms intelligence.
‘wearable’ and its most transcendental role
For now, all discoveries have been published in clinical magazines.However, Ballinger intends to publish the last findings after the 2018 AAAI Conference (Artificial Intelligence Conference).This was carried out from February 2 to 7.This reiterated the importance of this study, since early detection could also help reduce diabetes related diseases before they get out of control.
There have already been other attempts to build hardware with glucose detection for special purposes.But, this is the first large -scale study that shows that common heart rate sensors, when combined with an artificial intelligence -based algorithm, can identify diabetes without the need for additional hardware.
Finally, this result shows that wearables can detect the presence of several diseases with precision.This as long as they are equipped with heart rate sensors and accelerometers.And, yes, they are not only talking about Apple Watch, but also of Android Wear, Garmins and Fitbits devices.
