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Published in final edited form as: Stat Med. 2013 May 10;32(25):4426–4437. doi: 10.1002/sim.5842

Table 3.

Summary of parameters estimates (posterior median) and their 95% credible intervals

	Conditional independent models			Conditional dependent models (simplified case)			Conditional dependent models (general case)

	1. Nondifferential	2.Differential	3.Partially differential	4. Nondifferential	5.Differential	6.Partially differential	7. Nondifferential	8. Differential	9. Partially differential
Se₀₁	0.66 (0.56, 0.77)	0.34 (0.25, 0.45)	0.35 (0.26, 0.45)	0.83 (0.72, 0.97)	0.36 (0.22,0.69)	0.49 (0.16,0.98)	0.79 (0.65,0.91)	0.74 (0.59,0.93)	0.57 (0.20,0.98)

Se₁₁		0.76 (0.66, 0.88)	0.76 (0.67, 0.83)		0.75 (0.64,0.94)	0.80 (0.68,0.96)		0.81 (0.61,0.97)	0.80 (0.65,0.96)

Sp₀₁	0.98 (0.97, 0.99)	0.98 (0.97, 0.99)	0.98 (0.97, 0.99)	0.94 (0.91, 0.97)	0.97 (0.94,0.99)	0.94 (0.89,0.98)	0.98 (0.95,0.99)	0.98 (0.95,0.99)	0.96 (0.90,0.99)

Sp₁₁		0.99 (0.92,1)			0.99 (0.89,1.00)			0.99 (0.88,1.00)

Se₀₂	0.98 (0.95, 0.99)	0.95 (0.89, 0.99)	0.97 (0.95, 0.99)	0.99 (0.95, 1.00)	0.93 (0.83,0.98)	0.99 (0.94,1.00)	0.96 (0.87,0.99)	0.91 (0.72,0.98)	0.97 (0.90,1.00)

Se₁₂		1.00 (0.97,1)			0.99 (0.93,1,00)			0.99 (0.84,1.00)	0.99 (0.90,1.00)

Sp₀₂	0.68 (0.62, 0.74)	0.75 (0.69, 0.84)	0.75 (0.69, 0.83)	0.58 (0.53, 0.63)	0.72 (0.60,0.83)	0.60 (0.53,0.81)	0.62 (0.58,0.67)	0.62 (0.58,0.66)	0.62 (0.54,0.87)

Sp₁₂		0.74 (0.51, 0.99)			0.74 (0.41,0.99)			0.60 (0.47,0.76)

Se₀₃	0.65 (0.59, 0.71)	0.69 (0.58, 0.80)	0.70 (0.59, 0.80)	0.59 (0.50, 0.68)	0.63 (0.51,0.75)	0.63 (0.35,0.85)	0.60 (0.52,0.68)	0.67 (0.53,0.79)	0.63 (0.43,0.83)

Se₁₃		0.58 (0.50, 0.67)	0.59 (0.50, 0.67)		0.56 (0.48, 0.64)	0.56 (0.47,0.66)		0.55 (0.45,0.65)	0.56 (0.47,0.65)

SP₀₃	0.82 (0.78, 0.86)	0.86 (0.83, 0.89)	0.86 (0.82, 0.89)	0.73 (0.69, 0.77)	0.83 (0.76, 0.88)	0.74 (0.68,0.84)	0.77 (0.73,0.80)	0.77 (0.74,0.81)	0.75 (0.69,0.85)

Sp₁₃		0.84 (0.71, 0.93)			0.79 (0.65,0.92)			0.72 (0.54,0.94)

OR	11.5 (7.15, 19.04)	6.34 (3.41, 11.78)	6.90 (4.37,11.1)	25.84 (13.51,65.74)	8.49 (3.52, 27.69)	17.34 (5.56,80.53)	17.70 (10.59,35.86)	15.46 (7.88,52.03)	14.34 (4.89,54.47)

DIC	2358.00	2318.40	2318.53	2194.83	2201.24	2173.32	1893	*1832*	2102

Note: Se_{d_ij} and Sp_{d_ij} denote the sensitivity and specificity for the d^th group (d_i =1, 0 corresponding cases and controls, respectively) and j^th diagnostic assessment (j=1 next-of-kin respondents, j=2 expert assessment, and j=3 job exposure matrix).