Epidemiology and Association Rules Analysis for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cases with Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis from Age and Gender Perspective: A Large-Scale Retrospective Multicenter Observational Study in China
Table 4
The association rules of EPTB with concurrent PTB where consequent = PTB, minsupport = 0.1%, minconfidence = 40%.
Consequent
Antecedent
ID
Instances
Support (%)
Confidence (%)
Lift
PTB
Pharyngeal/laryngeal tuberculosis
1
2382
0.54
91.23
1.11
PTB
Bronchial tuberculosis
2
30779
7.01
89.51
1.09
PTB
Tuberculosis of mediastinal lymph nodes
3
3482
0.79
77.57
0.95
PTB
Tuberculosis of hilar lymph nodes
4
1117
0.25
74.93
0.91
PTB
Intestinal tuberculosis
5
4711
1.07
71.75
0.87
PTB
Tuberculosis of abdominal lymph nodes
6
651
0.15
66.36
0.81
PTB
Tuberculous pleurisy
7
103680
23.62
65.01
0.79
PTB
Tuberculous meningitis
8
15711
3.58
62.43
0.76
PTB
Tuberculous polyserositis
9
4870
1.11
59.22
0.72
PTB
Tuberculous pericarditis
10
5842
1.33
58.18
0.71
PTB
Tuberculous peritonitis
11
10059
2.29
56.99
0.69
PTB
Testicular tuberculosis
12
495
0.11
54.75
0.67
PTB
Tuberculous empyema
13
7341
1.67
51.53
0.63
PTB
Sacroiliac joint tuberculosis
14
574
0.13
50.87
0.62
PTB
Chest wall tuberculosis
15
4639
1.06
48.35
0.59
PTB
Thoracic vertebra tuberculosis
16
5317
1.21
46.00
0.56
PTB
Tuberculous lymphadenitis of the neck
17
15282
3.48
45.58
0.56
PTB
Pleural tuberculoma
18
917
0.21
45.37
0.55
PTB
Epididymal tuberculosis
19
794
0.18
45.21
0.55
PTB
Cutaneous tuberculosis
20
871
0.20
45.01
0.55
PTB
Renal tuberculosis
21
2793
0.64
43.04
0.52
PTB
Pelvic tuberculosis
22
1835
0.42
42.78
0.52
Notes: PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis. The first column represents the consequents (the “then” part of the rule), while the next column represents the antecedents (the “if” part of the rule). ID displays the sequence of the association rules. Instances display the cases of TB. : lift>1.
