Table 4.
Pericardial 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 | .91 (.75–1.09) | .15 | 1.14 (1.03–1.27) | > .99 | 1.11 (.90–1.36) | .83 |
| Stage 3–4 | — | — | 1.30 (1.17–1.45) | > .99 | — | — |
| Location 2 | 1.16 (.95–1.42) | .93 | — | — | — | — |
| Location 3 | 1.20 (.94–1.54) | .92 | — | — | 1.10 (.92–1.33) | .85 |
| Age | .85 (.72–1.06) | .03 | — | — | — | — |
| Smoker | .89 (.74–.106) | .09 | — | — | — | — |
| BMI | .91 (.76–1.09) | .16 | .85 (.76–.95) | < .01 | — | — |
| Induction Chemo | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Good KPS | — | — | .83 (.75–.92) | < .01 | — | — |
| Adeno Histology | .83 (.68–1.03) | .04 | 1.21 (1.08–1.37) | > .99 | — | — |
| Propensity Score | 1.07 (.89–1.30) | .75 | .96 (.87–1.08) | .25 | 1.00 (.87–1.17) | .51 |
| IMRT | .73 (.62–.87) | < .01 | .80 (.72–.89) | < .01 | 1.08 (.90–1.30) | .81 |