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. 2014 Oct 20;78(5):1102–1112. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12426

Table 2.

Parameter estimates from the final PK model and bootstrap analysis

Parameters Final estimates Shrinkage (%) Bootstrap estimates
Median 95% CI
CL/F (l·h−1·70 kg−1)*
CL/F = θ1 * (body weight/70)θ2
 θ1 22.0 21.5 14.8, 25.2
 θ2 0.31 0.31 0.03, 0.63
Vc/F (l) 45.4 43.3 29.6, 55.6
Q/F (l·h−1) 22.4 23.1 16.0, 32.5
Vp/F (l) 411 410.6 152.6, 1472.6
Ka (h−1) 2.5 2.7 1.45, 4.93
MTT (h) 0.25 0.25 0.12, 0.50
Number of transit compartment (n) 8 fix
Relative biovailability
BIO = θ3 * (DBSA/450)θ4
 θ3 1 fix
 θ4 −0.43 −0.44 −1.00, −0.06
Inter-individual variability (%CV)
 ω (CL/F) 25.9 15% 24.8 8.1, 38.5
 ω (Vc/F) 0 fix
 ω (Q/F) 0 fix
 ω (Vp/F) 0 fix
 ω (Ka) 299.6 29% 288.4 123.6, 910.8
 ω (MTT) 144.8 34% 148.5 69.4, 414.1
 ω (n) 0 fix
Additive residual error (%CV)c
 σadditive 51.0 10% 50.0 43.5, 57.1
*

Apparent clearance is normalized by a reference body weight of 70 kg.

Obtained from 285 out of 300 non-parametric bootstrap runs.

Reported as %CV, calculated by the equation 100*SQRT(exp(ωn) − 1) where ωn is the nonmem output for the inter-subject variability of the nth parameter.

c

Calculated by the equation 100 × SQRT(σ), where σ is the nonmem output for the variance of the additive residual error. %CV, coefficient of variation; BIO, relative bioavailability; CI, confidence interval; CL/F, apparent clearance; DBSA, dose per body surface area; Ka, absorption rate constant; MTT, mean transit time; Q/F, apparent compartmental clearance between Vc/F and Vp/F; Vc/F, apparent central volume of distribution; Vp/F, apparent peripheral volume of distribution; WT, total body weight.