Apparatus for determining association variables

The method of claim 0, further comprising providing recommendations in accordance with the first variable and the second variable.

The method of claim 0, further comprising receiving information including the onset vector, the pattern of occurrence of the first variable, and the pattern of occurrence of the second variable.

A graphical user interface, comprising:

• one or more questions associated with a medical condition, wherein the medical condition is characterized by episodic increases in severity of one or more associated symptoms, and wherein the one or more questions are to collect information about one or more items consumed by an individual on a previous occasion;
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• reminder information about the one or more item consumed by the individual on the previous occasion, wherein the reminder information is provided by another device than a device displaying the graphical user interface.

A graphical user interface, comprising:

• questions associated with a medical condition, wherein the medical condition is characterized by episodic increases in severity of one or more associated symptoms;
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• pre-selected answers for two or more of the questions such that answering a respective question only involves selection if a respective answer to the respective pre-determined question is different than a corresponding pre-selected answer.

A method of providing recommendations associated with a medical condition, comprising:

• identifying a first association variable and a second association variable, wherein a severity of one or more symptoms associated with the medical condition are episodically increased for at least one individual if at least the one individual is exposed to the first association variable during a first time interval and the second association variable during a second time interval, and wherein the first time interval and the second time interval precede the episodic increase in the severity;
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• providing a recommendation for at least the one individual in accordance with at least one of the first association variable and the second association variable.

A method of determining association variables for a medical condition, comprising:

• identifying a first association variable, wherein the first association variable is associated with an episodic increase in a severity of one or more symptoms associated with the medical condition;
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• determining at least another association variable by associating the first association variable with a set of pre-determined association variables.

A method of determining one or more association variables associated with a medical condition, comprising:

• determining a statistical relationship between a pattern of occurrence of a compound variable and one or more temporal onsets corresponding to episodic increases in severity of one or more symptoms associated with the medical condition, wherein the compound variable corresponds at least to a pattern of occurrence of a first variable and a pattern of occurrence of a second variable;
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• identifying the first variable and the second variable as the association variables in accordance with the statistical relationship.