Table 3.
Pleural Effusion Case Study: Posterior quantities for the model chosen by DIC-τg procedure. Notation: P = P[βg,k > 0|Data], HR (CI) = posterior hazard ratio and 95% credible interval. g = 1, 2, 3 correspond to the three hazard functions and k = 1, …, p index to the covariates.
| Variable | h1: Effusion | h2: Death w/o Effusion | h3: Death after Effusion | |||
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| HR (CI) | P | HR (CI) | P | HR (CI) | P | |
| Asthma | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diabetes | — | — | 1.18 (1.03–1.33) | .99 | — | — |
| Stage 3–4 | — | — | 1.13 (1.00–1.29) | .97 | 1.19 (1.03–1.37) | .99 |
| Location 2 | — | — | .86 (.74–1.01) | .03 | 1.18 (.98–1.41) | .96 |
| Location 3 | — | — | .87 (.73–1.04) | .06 | 1.18 (.99–1.42) | .97 |
| Age | 1.18 (1.04–1.36) | .99 | — | — | — | — |
| Smoker | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BMI | .90 (.78–1.02) | .05 | .88 (.76–1.00) | .03 | — | — |
| Induction Chemo | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Good KPS | — | — | .80 (.71–.91) | < .01 | — | — |
| Adeno Histology | — | — | 1.21 (1.02–1.42) | .99 | — | — |
| Propensity Score | .97 (.86–1.12) | .34 | .92 (.81–1.05) | .10 | .98 (.88–1.11) | .40 |
| IMRT | .84 (.74–.96) | < .01 | .85 (.75–.97) | < .01 | .98 (.85–1.13) | .40 |