Table 4.

Longitudinal functions used in the JM

	#	Model	NTXi(t)
Omit	1	Rational	$({\beta }_0+b_{0i})+({\beta }_1+b_{1i})\frac{1}{{(t+\delta )}^{\eta }}+{\epsilon }_i\left(t\right),\delta >0,\eta >0$
	2	Exponential	(β0+b0i) + (β1+b1i)exp(−δt)+εi(t), δ>0
	3	Spline	(β0+b0i) + NC (t,2, (β1,β2,β3)T, (b1i,b2i,b3i)T) + εi(t)
LOCF	4	Rational	$({\beta }_0+b_{0i})+({\beta }_1+b_{1i})\frac{1}{{(t+\delta )}^{\eta }}+{\epsilon }_i\left(t\right),\delta >0,\eta >0$
	5	Exponential	(β0+b0i) + (β1+b1i)exp(−δt)+εi(t), δ>0
	6	Spline	(β0+b0i) + NC(t,2, (β1,β2,β3)T, (b1i,b2i,b3i)T) + εi(t)
OCS	7	Rational	$({\beta }_0+b_{0i})+({\beta }_1+b_{1i})\frac{1}{{(t+\delta )}^{\eta }}+{\epsilon }_i\left(t\right),\delta >0,\eta >0$
	8	Exponential	(β0+b0i) + (β1+b1i)exp(−δt)+εi(t), δ>0
	9	Spline	(β0 + b0i) + NC(t,2,(β1,β2,β3)T, (b1i,b2i,b3i)T) + εi(t)