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. 2012 Apr 20;7(4):e35737. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035737

Table 2. Model diagnostics and variance components of structured and unstructured spatial function in three breast cancer indicators.

Early-stage incidence Advanced-stage incidence Mortality
VCM REM VCM REM VCM REM
D(θ) 4203.80 4201.45 4200.53 4196.55 4201.14 4200.83
pd 216.34 222.74 210.89 213.09 211.87 212.61
DIC 4420.14 4424.19 4411.42 4409.64 4413.01 4413.44
Inline graphic (95% CI) 2.26 3.96 3.18 1.62 0.85 2.16
(0.76, 4.62) (1.92, 6.29) (1.25, 5.64) (0.43, 3.86) (0.22, 1.84) (0.97, 3.94)
Inline graphic (95% CI) 0.56 0.42 0.43 0.64 0.78 0.52
(0.02, 1.02) (0.003, 1.03) (0.004, 0.94) (0.09, 1.09) (0.46, 1.11) (0.14, 0.96)
Inline graphic 0.80 0.90 0.88 0.72 0.52 0.81

Abbreviation: VCM = varying-coefficient model; REM = random-effects model, D(θ) = posterior mean of the deviance; pd = effect number of parameters; Inline graphic = structured spatial variance; Inline graphic = unstructured spatial variance; Inline graphic = proportion of the structured spatial variance in total spatial variance.