Table 5.
Results of heart transplant data based on the partial likelihood with the non-informative prior. BE is the posterior mean (Bayesian point estimate), SD is the posterior Standard-Deviation and 95% CI is the 95% credible interval of the parameter.
| JLCM | Frailty Model | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | BE | SD | 95% CI | BE | SD | 95% CI |
| β1 | 0.428 | 0.205 | (0.030,0.828) | 0.429 | 0.159 | (0.109,0.732) |
| β2 | 0.261 | 0.212 | (−0.153,0.651) | 0.177 | 0.172 | (−0.185,0.524) |
| γ1 | 0.063 | 0.460 | (−0.967,0.861) | −0.055 | 0.977 | (−1.974,1.835) |
| γ2 | −0.076 | 0.435 | (−0.973,0.807) | 0.031 | 1.012 | (−1.929,1.933) |
| α | 0.152 | 0.126 | (0.006,0.477) | - | - | - |
| η1 | 0.504 | 0.399 | (0.018,1.455) | - | - | - |
| η2 | 1.054 | 0.511 | (0.218,2.166) | - | - | - |
| η3 | 1.661 | 0.566 | (0.598,2.730) | - | - | - |
| K | 3.212 | 0.755 | (2.000,4.000) | - | - | - |