OBJECTIVE:To explore the correlation between diagnostic information of tongue and gastroscopy results of patients with chronic gastritis.METHODS:Frequent pattern growth(FP-Growth),SPSS Modeler was used to analyze the correlation rules between the image information of tongue parameters and the characteristics of the stomach and duodenum seen under gastroscopy.RESULTS:Ranking in order of confidence:cyanotic tongue,slippery fur,yellow fur and spotted tongue were sequently associated with both gastric antrum mucosal hyperemia or edema and gastric antrum mucosal erythema/macula.L,one value of tongue coating color,which counted among(30,60),tooth-marked tongue and b,one value of tongue coating color,which counted in the range of(5,20)were sequently associated with gastric antrum mucosal erythema/macula.A,one value of tongue body color,which counted in the range of(0,20),was related to both gastric antrum mucosal hyperemia or edema and gastric antrum mucosal erythema/macula.a,one value of tongue coating color,which counted in the range of(15,35),was associated with gastric antrum mucosal erythema/macula.There are a total of 9 strong correlation rules.CONCLUSIONS:Cyanotic tongue,slippery fur,yellow fur,the CIE Lab value of tongue coating,a,the value of tongue body color,spotted tongue,and tooth-marked tongue are all related to the gastric antrum mucosal hyperemia or edema and gastric antrum mucosal erythema/macula.The conditions of gastric mucosa could be predicted by the examination of the above related image information of tongue.