Association rules in health check-up receivers with food intolerance

VernacularTitle:关联规则在14种食物不耐受健康体检中的应用
Author: Hua ZHONG ; Qigui LIU ; Hao ZHANG ; Xianyun MENG ; Ge ZHAO ; Wenxia TAI
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Food intake habits; Health management; Food intolerance; Association rules
From: Chinese Journal of Health Management 2012;06(3):150-153
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: ObjectiveTo explore the relationship among 14 kinds of intolerant food by using association rules to provide evidence for more reasonable diet intake.Methods A total of 2962 adults who received medical examination at the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University during January 2008 and June 2010 were enrolled in this investigation.ELISA was used to detect allergen-specific IgG antibody of 14 kinds of food.An association rules model was established by SPSS Clementinel2.0.In order to find positive intolerance association rules,food frequency was recorded with SPSS 16.0.Results Five most commonly seen food intolerance were eggs,crabs,shrimp,milk,and cod (positive rates were 32.5％,26.0％,19.8％,13.8％ and 12.0％,respectively).Positive association rules were found in crab and shrimp,or milk and eggs.Single order association was found in female,while multi-order association was identified in male.Conclusions Our data show a strong positive association among animal foods.Female may be affected by milk,eggs and seafood,while male may be affected by a variety of foods.