Table 2. Estimated benchmark dose (BMD) and benchmark dose lower limit (BMDL) for different binomial data sets, different models and different levels of BMR using PROAST, BMDS and bmd.
BMD | BMDL | |||||||||||
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Data set | Modela | BMR | PROAST | BMDS | bmd | PROAST profile |
BMDS profile |
bmd delta |
bmd inverse |
bmd bootstrap |
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A | Log–logistic | 0.05 | 0.044 | 0.044 | 0.044 | 0.022 | 0.022 | 0.020 | 0.029 | 0.027 | ||
0.1 | 0.063 | 0.062 | 0.062 | 0.036 | 0.036 | 0.036 | 0.043 | 0.042 | ||||
Log-normal | 0.05 | 0.047 | 0.047 | 0.047 | 0.026 | 0.026 | 0.025 | 0.033 | 0.030 | |||
0.1 | 0.063 | 0.063 | 0.063 | 0.038 | 0.038 | 0.038 | 0.045 | 0.043 | ||||
Weibull | 0.05 | 0.027 | 0.027 | 0.027 | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.006 | 0.014 | 0.013 | |||
0.1 | 0.047 | 0.047 | 0.047 | 0.022 | 0.022 | 0.018 | 0.027 | 0.026 | ||||
B | Log–logistic | 0.05 | 0.087 | 0.087 | 0.087 | 0.063 | 0.063 | 0.064 | 0.071 | 0.072 | ||
0.1 | 0.102 | 0.102 | 0.102 | 0.079 | 0.079 | 0.080 | 0.085 | 0.086 | ||||
Log-normal | 0.05 | 0.089 | 0.089 | 0.089 | 0.066 | 0.066 | 0.066 | 0.074 | 0.075 | |||
0.1 | 0.102 | 0.102 | 0.102 | 0.079 | 0.079 | 0.080 | 0.085 | 0.087 | ||||
Weibull | 0.05 | 0.078 | 0.072 | 0.078 | 0.049 | 0.049 | 0.049 | 0.058 | 0.059 | |||
0.1 | 0.098 | 0.093 | 0.098 | 0.069 | 0.068 | 0.069 | 0.076 | 0.078 | ||||
C | Log–logistic | 0.05 | 0.055 | 0.55 | 0.055 | 0.032 | 0.031 | 0.029 | 0.037 | 0.035 | ||
0.1 | 0.081 | 0.081 | 0.081 | 0.052 | 0.052 | 0.050 | 0.058 | 0.056 | ||||
Log-normal | 0.05 | 0.058 | 0.058 | 0.058 | 0.036 | 0.036 | 0.034 | 0.041 | 0.039 | |||
0.1 | 0.080 | 0.080 | 0.080 | 0.053 | 0.053 | 0.052 | 0.058 | 0.057 | ||||
Weibull | 0.05 | 0.046 | 0.046 | 0.046 | 0.024 | 0.024 | 0.020 | 0.029 | 0.028 | |||
0.1 | 0.077 | 0.077 | 0.077 | 0.046 | 0.046 | 0.043 | 0.051 | 0.051 |
Notes.
All models fitted as unrestricted models in BMDS.