Table 2.

Likelihood ratio test on analysis methods and model selection for MDA

Response variable	Modela	Log likelihood		Random parameters	Dc	Pc	AICc	RSS
		Standardb	Mixedb
Ki/RC	1	45.13	48.59	a	7.16	0.0075	−90.9	1.46 × 10−4
	2	45.79	49.32	a	7.06	0.0079	−88.64	1.31 × 10−4
	3	31.69	31.69	a, b	2.58 × 10−5	>0.99	−56.46	0.0178
	4	32.83	32.83	a, b	2.29 × 10−9	>0.99	−55.67	0.015
SUV/RC	1	−11.75	−9.779	A	3.95	0.047	26.48	0.591
	2	−10.562	−6.5524	a, c	8.02	0.0456	28.73	0.129
	3	−31.25	−31.25	a	2.54 × 10−5	>0.99	69.42	46.57
	4	−28.28	−28.28	a	7.07 × 10−6	>0.99	66.56	32.14

^aModels 1 to 4 correspond to Equations 6 to 9. ^bStandard denotes the standard least-squares method, and mixed denotes the mixed-effects method. ^cD is the likelihood ratio statistic, and P is the significance level.