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. 2004 Jun 3;112(13):1282–1288. doi: 10.1289/ehp.6980

Table 5.

Estimates of the β-parameters (credible intervals) in alternative models.

Model β0 β1 β2 β3
Bayesian models
 Alternate model 1 –0.0025 (–0.0067 to 0.0018) –0.0055 (–0.0106 to –0.0005) 0.0049 (–0.0001 to 0.0098) –0.0016 (–0.0059 to 0.0025)
 Alternate model 2 0.0013 (–0.0032 to 0.0057) 0.0004 (–0.0045 to 0.0054) 0.0061 (0.0013 to 0.0108) 0.0016 (–0.0028 to 0.0057)
Classical Poisson GAMs
 Durham County –0.0036 (–0.0149 to 0.0077) 0.0024 (–0.0102 to 0.0149) 0.0124 (1.5 ×10−6 to 0.0248) –0.0100 (–0.0210 to 0.0009)
 Guilford County 0.0009 (–0.0084 to 0.0102) –0.0073 (–0.0178 to 0.0033) 0.0018 (–8.5 × 10−3 to 0.0122) –0.0020 (–0.0110 to 0.0069)
 Wake County –0.0032 (–0.0117 to 0.0054) –0.0058 (–0.0152 to 0.0037) 0.0061 (–3.1 × 10−3 to 0.0153) 0.0050 (–0.0032 to 0.0132)