Glossar

This glossar aims at fulfilling the CRISP-DM Business Understanding part. Whenever we encounter a new terminology that is relevant to our data mining goal, we will report our findings here.

Indian Culture

On Gauna ceremony

The Gauna ceremony is a ceremony that is mainly held in the northern states of India. It probably emerged out of the common child marriages, when the children did neither enter puberty nor were ready to lead their own household. For that reason, after the wedding the wife remained at their parents until the Gauna ceremony was performed, which meant the husbands familiy takes over responsibility and care of the wife. More details can be found here

On height of Indian people

According to wikipedia, the average size of an Indian male is 166.3cm and 152.6cm for women. There are different opinions on how body size affects your health. This TIMES article states that in general a large body may increase and decrease some risks, but in total the relevance of body size is very low. In Shorter height is related to lower cardiovascular disease risk – A narrative review by Thomas T. Samaras these facts are clarified. Here the shortness of Indian children is explained by Indian families favoring their first born son in comparison to younger siblings and especially females. In this Indian Times Article a new trend of taller children in India is observed (and taller adults). It also confirms that environmental and life condition play a much larger role in growth in comparison to genes. To conclude, from a low height we can probably derive bad living conditions.

Some medical terms concerning our features

BMI

The body mass index is a rough estimation number of body mass related to body height. It is calculated as mass/height²

Systolic and diastolic blood pressure

Systole is greek for contraction. When the left heart chamber contracts, blood is pushed into the aorta and the maximum blood pressure can be measured. Diastole means expansion. When the heart chamber is refilled with blood, no blood streams into the aorta and the lowest blood pressure is measured.

Anemia

typical causes: 1(https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/anemia/symptoms-causes/syc-20351360) (blood) cancer, ulcer, menstruation (blood loss), pregnancy, deficiency of Vitamin B12/iron, inherited, other diseases, senior age, chronic conditions, medication abuse

and symptoms: insomnia, fatique, leg cramps, high pulse rate, paleness, dizziness

Heart disease2(https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20353118)

typical causes Heart infection can be caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites- thus hygiene plays a large role. Diabetes, obesity, poor diet, drug and medication abuse, stress and high blood pressure increase the risk for heart diseases in general. Men are more affected than women in general, as well as older people.

and symptoms: shortness of breath, low robustness against exertion, unusual/irregular heart beat, heart attack symptoms, this articlestates a heart rate above 76 indicates an increased risk of heart diseases.

Diabetes

This site offers a good overview. To shorten it up, both type 1 and type 2 diabetes may be caused by genes and living conditions, while for type 1 there is a suspection that a virus infection might be the case. For type 1, typical symptoms are unexplainable weight loss, increased hunger, fatigue, slow healing of sores, increased thirst and urination.