Table 2.

Estimate penalized regression coefficients for lifetime medical cost in SWOG 9509. Tables columns are coefficient estimates (Est.) and proportion of resampled estimates set to zero (π̂_0j).

Name	Regularized estimation
	in cost-only				in cost & time
	lasso		alasso		lasso	alasso
	Est.	π̂0j	Est.	π̂0j	Est.	Est.
1. tx	8.76	0.10	11.56	0.86	14.09	14.59
2. sex	1.39	0.59	4.93	0.94	5.02	6.50
3. prog.stat.	25.76	0	31.78	0	31.19	34.07
4. ps	-5.67	0.26	-4.72	0.98	-6.80	-6.78
5. stage	0	0.92	0	1	3.77	2.92
6. pleural	0	0.85	0	1	0	0
7. weight	0	0.67	0	1	2.39	0.13
8. height	0	0.97	0	1	0	0
9. creat	0	0.97	0	1	0	0
10. albumin	2.41	0.34	4.10	0.98	8.60	8.85
11. calcium	0	0.89	0	1	-4.17	-6.16
12. ldh	0	0.94	0	1	-0.42	0
13. alkptase	0	0.93	0	1	0	0
14. bilirubin	0	0.83	0	1	1.99	0
15. wbc	-7.31	0.15	-11.56	0.94	-8.76	-12.03
16. platelet	0	0.66	0	1	-6.28	0
17. hgb	4.20	0.34	0	0.98	5.39	5.19
18. age	0	0.93	0	1	0	0