Apriori-Derived Comorbidity Association Rules for COPD Patients

Apriori-derived association rules for comorbidities in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The dataset is a 9.5 KB Excel file authored by Ji Hyeon Seo and published under a CC-BY-4.0 license on figshare. It was last updated on 2026-05-26.

Use Cases

• Discover common comorbidity patterns in COPD patients based on the derived association rules.
• Validate or inform clinical risk assessment models using the identified rule sets.
• Teach or demonstrate the application of the Apriori algorithm on clinical data.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting reuse and modification.
• File size is small (9.5 KB), ensuring quick download and easy inspection.

Limitations

• Row count and column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Likely derived from clinical or administrative health records using the Apriori algorithm.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 17:38:56; freshness should be verified.