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Published in final edited form as: Stat Methods Med Res. 2006 Aug;15(4):307–324. doi: 10.1191/0962280206sm453oa

Table 4.

Posterior quantiles for different models (corresponding to best DIC) under first- and last-activation schemes, with i.i.d. normal assumption on spatial frailties

Parameter	First (model 2)		Last (model 2)
	Median	(2.5%, 97.5%)	Median	(2.5%, 97.5%)
Intercept	1.034	(−3.116, 12.440)	−4.005	(−6.645, −1.638)
Age	0.008	(−0.013, 0.029)	0.014	(−0.009, 0.039)
Primaries	−0.001	(−0.672, 0.568)	0.783	(−0.458, 2.183)
Stage (local = 0)
Regional	1.281	(0.656, 1.947)	1.764	(0.829, 2.937)
Distant	2.980	(2.063, 3.830)	2.642	(1.568, 3.621)
η₀ (Weibull link)	−8.729	(−19.520, −4.952)	−4.629	(−6.214, −3.422)
ρ	1.090	(0.824, 1.524)	1.157	(0.827, 1.653)