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Table 5.

Simulation results for the estimates of the covariance parameters in the joint model using the pseudolikelihood approach. The true parameters σ₁ = σ₂ = σ₃ = σ₄ = 1, ρ₁₂ = ρ₂₃ = ρ₃₄ = 0.8, ρ₁₃ = ρ₁₄ = ρ₂₄ = 0.5.

	${\hat{σ}}_{1}$	${\hat{σ}}_{2}$	${\hat{σ}}_{3}$	${\hat{σ}}_{4}$	${\hat{ρ}}_{12}$	${\hat{ρ}}_{23}$	${\hat{ρ}}_{34}$	${\hat{ρ}}_{13}$	${\hat{ρ}}_{14}$	${\hat{ρ}}_{24}$
Mean	0.936	0.928	0.959	0.948	0.824	0.842	0.845	0.525	0.516	0.516
SD	0.093	0.097	0.102	0.103	0.071	0.072	0.068	0.096	0.103	0.110
Mean( $\hat{s e}$ )	0.031	0.035	0.038	0.035	0.054	0.051	0.049	0.065	0.066	0.067