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Published in final edited form as: Biometrika. 2013 Jun 10;100(3):695–708. doi: 10.1093/biomet/ast018

Table 5.

Analysis results for the Busselton Health Study

Variables	Proposed method				Kang & Cai method
Variables	β̃_M	SE	HR	95% CI	β̂_M	SE	HR	95% CI
log(ferritin) on CHD	0·145	0·0897	1·16	(0·97, 1·38)	0·092	0·0949	1·10	(0·91, 1·32)
log(ferritin) on Stroke	0·172	0·1219	1·19	(0·93, 1·51)	0·186	0·1304	1·20	(0·93, 1·56)
Age	0·071	0·0069	1·07	(1·06, 1·09)	0·069	0·0070	1·07	(1·06, 1·09)
Triglycerides	0·239	0·0484	1·27	(1·16, 1·40)	0·232	0·0541	1·26	(1·13, 1·40)
Blood pressure treatment	0·423	0·1633	1·53	(1·11, 2·10)	0·408	0·1727	1·50	(1·07, 2·11)

CHD, coronary heart disease; SE, standard error; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.