Top 20 generated rules for patients who did receive smoking cessation prescriptions, that is, outcome (Y) = receiving prescriptions
| Exposure (X) | Exposure group size | Outcome group size | Confidence (%) | |
| 1 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, alcohol=NO, obesity=NO, hypertension=NO, age=31–60, gender=female | 695 | 248 | 35.7 |
| 2 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, alcohol=NO, obesity=NO, thyroid=NO, age=31–60. gender=female | 764 | 268 | 35.1 |
| 3 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, alcohol=NO, obesity=NO, psychotic disorders=NO, age=31–60. gender=female | 801 | 280 | 35.0 |
| 4 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, alcohol=NO, obesity=NO, heart failure=NO, age=31–60, gender=female | 818 | 285 | 34.8 |
| 5 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, alcohol=NO, obesity=NO, atrial fibrillation=NO, age=31–60, gender=female | 823 | 286 | 34.8 |
| 6 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, alcohol=NO, obesity=NO, stroke=NO, age=31–60, gender=female | 809 | 281 | 34.7 |
| 7 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, alcohol=NO, obesity=NO, dementia=NO, age=31–60, gender=female | 827 | 287 | 34.7 |
| 8 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, alcohol=NO, obesity=NO, mental handicap=NO, age=31–60, gender=female | 825 | 286 | 34.7 |
| 9 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, alcohol=NO, obesity=NO, age=31–60, gender=female | 828 | 287 | 34.7 |
| 10 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, alcohol=NO, obesity=NO, CKD=NO age=31–60, gender=female | 805 | 279 | 34.7 |
| 11 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, hypertension=NO, psychotic disorders=NO, thyroid=NO, age=31–60, gender=female | 780 | 270 | 34.6 |
| 12 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, alcohol=NO, hypertension=NO, psychotic disorders=NO, age=31–60, gender=female | 810 | 279 | 34.4 |
| 13 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, alcohol=NO, obesity=NO, diabetes=NO, age=31–60, gender=female | 811 | 279 | 34.4 |
| 14 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, alcohol=NO, obesity=NO, CHD=NO, age=31–60, gender=female | 779 | 267 | 34.3 |
| 15 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, alcohol=NO, obesity=NO, epilepsy=NO, age=31–60, gender=female | 803 | 275 | 34.2 |
| 16 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, asthma=YES, age=31–60, gender=female | 506 | 173 | 34.2 |
| 17 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, atrial fibrillation=NO, hypertension=NO, psychotic disorders=NO, age=31–60, gender=female | 844 | 289 | 34.1 |
| 18 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, heart failure=NO, hypertension=NO, psychotic disorders=NO, age=31–60, gender=female | 844 | 287 | 34.0 |
| 19 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, hypertension=NO, psychotic disorders=NO, age=31–60, gender=female | 850 | 289 | 34.0 |
| 20 | COPD=YES, depression=YES, hypertension=NO, age=31–60, gender=female | 882 | 298 | 33.8 |
CHD, coronary heart disease; CKD, chronic kidney disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.