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. 2010 May 6;10:40. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-40

Table 2.

Parameter estimates from the Weibull and Log-logistic frailty model with normal random effect for studying circumcision's effect on HR-HPV clearance.

Weibull Log-logistic
Est. Std. Err. 95% C.I. LR P-value (2-sided) Est. Std. Err. 95% C.I. LR P-value (2-sided)

Inline graphic 0.96 0.16 (0.63, 1.28) 1.78 0.28 (1.23, 2.33)
Inline graphic -1.59 0.34 (-2.25, -0.93) < 0.0001 -1.30 0.17 (-1.63, -0.96) < 0.0001
Inline graphic 0.42 0.23 (-0.02, 0.87) 0.04 0.45 0.22 (0.02, 0.89) 0.03
MSR2 1.56 0.35 (0.87, 2.24) 1.57 0.34 (0.90, 2.24)

The P-values were all obtained using likelihood ratio (LR) test.

1γ is a nuisance parameter, thus no P-value is presented as no hypothesis testing was performed. 2MSR: median survival time ratio (conditional on the random effect).

0Weibull model: MSR = exp(Inline graphicβ1); Log-logistic model: MSR = exp(β1).