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. 2019 May 21;46(5):427–438. doi: 10.1007/s10928-019-09637-4

Table 2.

Population PK model parameters and confidence intervals

Parameter (unit) Estimate % RSE 95% CI bootstrap lower bound 95% CI bootstrap upper bound Definitions RSE: root of standard error
CI: confidence interval (obtained from bootstrap)
Structural model
 CLpop (L/h) 0.195 5.69% 0.176 0.217 CL: clearance
 V1pop (L) 2.30 7.45% 1.95 2.62 V1: central volume
 Qpop (L/h) 0.078 21.3% 0.047 0.120 Q: inter-compartmental clearance
 V2pop (L) 0.449 27.1% 0.279 0.776 V2: peripheral volume
Covariate effects
 FFM effect on CL 0.701 12.0% 0.527 0.872 FFM: fat free mass
 FFM effect on V1 0.726 13.0% 0.542 0.903
 FFM effect on V2 0.842 72.7% 0.365 3.976
 AGE effect on CL − 0.302 19.1% − 0.407 − 0.167
Between subject variability
 CV of CL 0.456 9.22% 0.365 0.529 CV: coefficient of variation (defined as standard deviation of η)
 CV of V1 0.542 11.3% 0.421 0.660
 CorrCL-V1 0.797 7.50% 0.669 0.895 Corr: correlation between η
Residual variability
 CV of proportional RUV 0.205 8.23% 0.169 0.232 RUV: residual unexplained variability