Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Aug 21;21(10):1722–1730. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0561

Table 5.

Comparison of Mean Sojourn Time (MST) by Site and Age Group.

Average MST Difference 95% Credible Interval Posterior Probability1
Proximal vs. Distal Colorectum
Index age 45–54 0.51 (−2.33, 3.85) 0.61
Index age 55–64 1.54 (−0.31, 3.66) 0.95
Index age 65–74 0.60 (−1.03, 2.40) 0.75
Index Age 55–64 vs. 45–54 years
Proximal colon −0.09 (−3.52, 2.99) 0.49
Distal colorectum −1.11 (−2.89, 0.44) 0.08
Index Age 65–74 vs. 45–54 years
Proximal colon −1.16 (−4.47, 1.66) 0.23
Distal colorectum −1.25 (−3.01, 0.31) 0.06
Index age 65–74 vs. 55–64 years
Proximal colon −1.08 (−3.44, 1.16) 0.18
Distal colorectum −0.14 (−1.34, 1.08) 0.41
1

The estimated posterior probability that the difference is greater than zero.