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. 2019 May 27;10:24. doi: 10.1186/s13229-019-0275-3

Table 2.

Parameters of the dual Weibull distribution models of the overall, male-only, and female-only samples

Parameter Result* Bootstrap: 95% confidence interval
Mean* Lower bound Upper bound

Model 1: Overall sample (N = 4717)

-Log-likelihood = 17,219.28

 Scale (η1) 40.90 40.89 39.29 42.17
 Shape (β1) 7.08 7.14 5.96 8.36
 Weight (w) 0.82 0.82 0.78 0.85
 Threshold (θ) 31.50 31.53 29.60 33.20
 Scale (η2) 20.50 20.49 19.81 21.07
 Shape (β2) 2.89 2.89 2.79 3.01

Model 2: Male sample (N = 1701)

-Log-likelihood = 6228.31

 Scale (η1) 39.59 39.52 36.62 41.66
 Shape (β1) 6.41 6.48 5.01 7.99
 Weight (w) 0.73 0.72 0.61 0.80
 Threshold (θ) 30.20 30.16 26.35 33.10
 Scale (η2) 21.91 21.86 20.15 23.05
 Shape (β2) 3.35 3.36 3.16 3.62

Model 3: Female sample (N = 3016)

-Log-likelihood = 10,887.69

 Scale (η1) 41.75 41.62 39.31 43.35
 Shape (β1) 7.62 7.66 5.69 9.72
 Weight (w) 0.86 0.86 0.82 0.89
 Threshold (θ) 32.10 31.96 29.30 34.20
 Scale (η2) 19.63 19.60 18.83 20.26
 Shape (β2) 2.77 2.78 2.66 2.92

*The result column shows the parameter values from the sample with the highest likelihood in the original data. The mean column shows the average parameter value from the 1000 resamples