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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 27.
Published in final edited form as: Stat Med. 2014 Nov 20;34(5):796–811. doi: 10.1002/sim.6375

Table 4.

Posterior mean (posterior standard deviation) of expected survival for patients receiving ICDs and AAD, by sex

Parameter Survival Models
Weibull Cox-like Poly-Weibull Poly-Gompertz
OVERALL
     ICD mean survival 8.88 (0.71) 9.41 (0.78) 9.18 (0.75) 11.54 (1.03)
     AAD mean survival 7.06 (0.73) 7.43 (0.81) 6.06 (0.80) 7.62 (1.15)
     Life years gained 1.82 (0.49) 1.98 (0.53) 3.12 (0.61) 3.92 (0.78)
MALE
     ICD mean survival 8.52 (0.73) 9.04 (0.81) 8.72 (0.75) 11.00 (1.03)
     AAD mean survival 6.79 (0.73) 7.13 (0.82) 5.80 (0.78) 7.31 (1.14)
     Life years gained 1.73 (0.47) 1.91 (0.52) 2.91 (0.58) 3.69 (0.74)
FEMALE
     ICD mean survival 10.11 (1.95) 9.87 (2.14) 9.96 (1.97) 14.54 (3.25)
     AAD mean survival 8.22 (1.66) 7.92 (1.81) 6.85 (1.61) 9.87 (3.14)
     Life years gained 1.89 (0.62) 1.95 (0.65) 3.11 (0.76) 4.67 (1.05)