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. 2021 Dec 9;88(5):2236–2245. doi: 10.1111/bcp.15152

TABLE 2.

Parameter estimates of the population pharmacokinetic plasma and saliva model

Parameter Estimate (shrinkage %) SE RSE (%)
Plasma kinetics θ k a ‐ slow group (h−1) 1.106 0.14 12.8
θ Prob. slow group 0.75 0.10 13.0
θ V D central (L) 109.5 11.5 10.4
θ clearance (L h−1) 2.98 0.16 5.5
θ V D peripheral (L) 130.6 12.9 9.9
θ Q (L h−1) 61.37 11.2 18.3
Saliva kinetics θ F saliva (% 1000−1) 0.033 0.005 14.5
θ K el saliva (h−1) 1.95 0.12 6.0
θ RatioMAX 0.195 0.031 16.0
θ RatioKM (μg/L) 2.581 0.74 28.5
IIV ω 2 k a ‐ slow group 0.16 [2.24%] 0.065 40.8
ω 2 Q 0.25 [0.33%] 0.12 45.7
ω 2 F plasma 0.026 [3.98%] 0.008 28.9
ω 2 F saliva 0.28 [5.30%] 0.12 42.7
ω 2 K el saliva 0.056 [17.2%] 0.025 44.2
Residual error σ 2 proportional plasma 0.0058 [15.9%] 0.0009 14.9
σ 2 proportional saliva 0.057 [16.5%] 0.009 15.4

Note: ω 2 and σ 2 are the variances of interindividual variability and residual variability, respectively.

TVCL = θ clearance × (WGT/70)0.75, TVVC = θ V D centrasl × (WGT/70)1, TVVP = θV D peripheral × (WGT/70)1, TVQ = θ Q × (WGT/70)0.75, TVRatio = RatioMAX × C PLASMA/(C PLASMA + RatioKM).

Abbreviations: IIV, interindividual variability; RSE, relative standard error; SE. standard error.