Combined Acupoints for the Treatment of Patients with Obesity: An Association Rule Analysis

Table 2

Apriori algorithm-based association rules for acupoints used for obesity treatment.

No.	Association rules	Support	Confidence	Expected confidence	Lift
1	{Extra12} ≥ {TF4}	0.727272	1.000000	0.727272	1.37500
2	{TF4} ≥ {Extra12}	0.727272	1.000000	0.727272	1.37500
3	{CO4} ≥ {Extra12}	0.454545	1.000000	0.727272	1.37500
4	{CO4} ≥ {TF4}	0.454545	1.000000	0.727272	1.37500
5	{LI4} ≥ {ST36}	0.454545	1.000000	0.454545	2.20000
6	{ST36} ≥ {LI4}	0.454545	1.000000	0.454545	2.20000
7	{LI4} ≥ {ST44}	0.454545	1.000000	0.454545	2.20000
8	{ST44} ≥ {LI4}	0.454545	1.000000	0.454545	2.20000
9	{ST36} ≥ {ST44}	0.454545	1.000000	0.454545	2.20000
10	{ST44} ≥ {ST36}	0.454545	1.000000	0.454545	2.20000
11	{ST25} ≥ {Extra12}	0.363636	0.800000	0.909090	1.10000
12	{ST25} ≥ {TF4}	0.363636	0.800000	0.909090	1.10000
13	{LI4} ≥ {LI11}	0.363636	0.800000	0.454545	2.20000
14	{LI11} ≥ {LI4}	0.363636	1.000000	0.454545	2.20000
15	{LI11} ≥ {ST36}	0.363636	1.000000	0.454545	2.20000
16	{ST36} ≥ {LI11}	0.363636	0.800000	0.454545	2.20000
17	{LI11} ≥ {ST44}	0.363636	1.000000	0.454545	2.20000
18	{ST44} ≥ {ST11}	0.363636	0.800000	0.454545	2.20000