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. 2011 Dec;39(12):2209–2218. doi: 10.1124/dmd.111.040642

TABLE 3.

Population pharmacokinetic parameter estimates from a nonlinear mixed-effect model for midazolam, diclofenac, dextromethorphan, and chlorzoxazone

Data are estimates (S.E. %).

Parameters Midazolam CL = θ1 + CAG × θ5 V1 = θ2 + TEMG × θ6 Diclofenac CL = θ1 + TEMG × θ5 Dextromethorphan V1 = θ2 + TEMG × θ5 Chlorzoxazone CL = θ1 + CAG × θ5 V2 = θ4 + TEMG × θ6
CL (θ1) (l · h−1 · kg−1) 0.990 (12.7) 0.587 (6.55) 0.504 (5.33) 0.433 (5.64)
V12) (l/kg) 0.258 (2.42) 0.138 (2.31) 0.204 (2.63) 0.142 (1.68)
Q (θ3) (l · h−1 · kg−1) 0.644 (10.6) 0.507 (8.22) 1.01 (12.5) 0.889 (10.6)
V24) (l/kg) 1.0 (11.9) 0.854 (15.1) 1.42 (15.5) 0.970 (15.1)
Covariate θ5 −0.318 (11.5) −0.184 (9.06) −0.0685 (3.2) −0.204 (6)
Covariate θ6 −0.0786 (16.4) −0.478 (15.8)
w2 (CL) 0.119 (6.21) 0.149 (5.48) 0.269 (11.3) 0.126 (3.54)
ω2 (V1) 0.018 (14.6) 0.082 (12.4) 0.0385 (2.86)
ω2 (Q) 0.460 (12.4) 0.312 (12.6) 0.234 (8.99) 0.218 (9.44)
ω2 (V2) 0.214 (14.7) 0.406 (11.8) 0.170 (5.73) 0.170 (5.91)
σ2 0.107 (12.5) 0.119 (1.87) 0.0838 (1.47) 0.0662 (0.877)
Final OFV 1268.8 1939.5 1880.9 2094.5
OFV change 10.4 6.0 4.7 23.6
p value <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.01

CL, clearance; V1, central compartment of distribution; Q, intercompartment clearance; V2, peripheral compartment of distribution; CAG, CA categorical covariate (0 = sham, 1 = CA); TEMG, temperature categorical covariate (0 = normothermia, 1 = hypothermia); ω2, interindividual variability; σ2, residual error; OFV, objective function value; covariate θ5, effect of the first significant covariate on the specific PK parameters (CA for midazolam and chlorzoxazone and temperature for dextromethorphan and diclofenac); covariate θ6, effect of the second significant covariate found on specific PK parameters (temperature for midazolam and chlorzoxazone).