Table 3.
Mortality parameters derived from maximum likelihood estimated best-fit models.
| Medium | Gompertz-Makeham mortality parameters | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| α | 95% CI | β | 95% CI | c | 95% CI | Likelihood | |
| 5% Glu : 0.135% Met | 1.10 (10−6) | [6.83 (10−7), 1.79 (10−6)] | 0.150 | [0.144, 0.157] | 0.00126 | [0.00106, 0.00151] | −8816.42 |
| 15% Glu : 0.135% Met | 3.21 (10−7) | [1.88 (10−7), 5.49 (10−7)] | 0.173 | [0.166, 0.180] | 0.00075 | [0.00058, 0.00096] | −6065.03 |
| 15% Glu : 0.045% Met | 8.99 (10−7) | [5.83 (10−7), 1.39 10−6)] | 0.159 | [0.153, 0.165] | 0.00094 | [0.00077, 0.00115] | −8231.28 |
| 15% Glu : 0.405% Met | 2.54 (10−6) | [1.69 (10−6), 3.83 (10−6)] | 0.159 | [0.153, 0.165] | 0.00081 | [0.00064, 0.00104] | −6278.36 |
Mortality parameters for the best-fit Gompertz-Makeham models, where mortality at age x (μx) is given as 
, where α is the baseline mortality rate (intercept), β is the age-dependent increase in mortality (slope) and c is the age-independent mortality.