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. 2008 Apr 2;15(6):1003–1011. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00409-07

TABLE 7.

Parameter estimates from Bayesian formulation of the Hui-Walter latent class model based on 20,000 iterations after convergence model 2a

Parameter Mean SD 2.5% BCI 97.5% BCI
p coastal 0.808 0.0551 0.687 0.902
p central 0.931 0.0376 0.844 0.989
p border 0.676 0.0469 0.582 0.764
Se Cedi test 0.872 0.0386 0.803 0.954
Se VNT 0.932 0.0169 0.898 0.965
Sp Cedi test 0.942 0.0230 0.889 0.978
Sp VNT 0.772 0.0975 0.593 0.966
a

Assumes conditional independence with informative priors for the Cedi test. Se = Beta(1.3,1,2); Sp = Beta(99,6); DIC = 57.019. BCI, Bayesian credible interval.