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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Epidemiol. 2022 Jan 3;37(2):173–194. doi: 10.1007/s10654-021-00815-8

Table 5.

Mean computing time for 1,000 simulated datasets

Dataset preparation
Sample size Pseudo-observation Fine-Gray (no bootstrap) Flexible parametric
500 2.45 sec. 0.18 sec. 0.12 sec.
1,000 17.09 sec. 0.70 sec. 0.45 sec.
5,000 8.26 min. 0.62 min. 0.33 min.
10,000 5.42 hr. 2.58 min. 0.67 min.
Fit model and predict lifetime risk
Sample size Pseudo-observation Fine-Gray (no bootstrap) Flexible parametric
500 0.02 sec. 1.15 sec. 1.18 sec.
1,000 0.03 sec. 3.60 sec. 4.87 sec.
5,000 0.38 sec. 4.68 sec. 9.54 sec.
10,000 0.42 sec. 15.36 sec. 21.21 sec.

sec: seconds, min: minutes, hr: hours.