Number of association rules generated using the Apriori rule mining approach with various datasets.

Summarised information pertaining to (a) the number of samples, (b) the number of generated association rules (total as well as rules that involve 3 or more genera), (c) the unique number of microbial genera involved in the identified association rules, (d) execution time, and (e) the number of rules generated using an alternative rule mining strategy (detailed in discussion section of the manuscript).