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. 2023 Jul 4;23:157. doi: 10.1186/s12874-023-01978-6

Table 4.

The estimates of population attributable fraction with 95% confidence intervals or MSCA intervals using conventional and bias analyses

Conventional analysis Bias parameter distribution Bias analysis (95% MCSA)
Non-differential Differential ( r  = 0.8) Differential ( r  = 0.5) Differential ( r  = 0.25)
0.20% (95% CI: -3.24, 2.50) Triangular 1.76% (0.31, 5.27) 1.54% (-0.91, 5.92) 1.53% (-0.03, 5.92) 1.51% (0.23, 5.74)
Beta 1.51% (0.27, 4.19) 2.85% (0.21, 6.81) 3.25% (0.20, 7.03) 3.56% (1.09, 7.21)
Logit-logistic 2.57% (0.37, 9.32) 3.32% (0.41, 6.85) 2.57% (0.14, 6.34) 2.58% (0.15, 6.35)