Table 1 Comparison of model fit by Deviance Information Criterion (DIC)
Down Syndrome | Other Chromosomal Disorders | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model | Deviance | Complexitya | DIC | Deviance | Complexitya | DIC |
5-yr age category | 3978.1 | 16.0 | 3994.1 | 3156.2 | 16.0 | 3172.2 |
Linear | 4399.8 | 3.0 | 4402.8 | 3357.9 | 3.0 | 3360.9 |
Curvi-linear | 3805.0 | 4.9 | 3809.9 | 3136.5 | 5.0 | 3141.5 |
CAR | 3604.9 | 33.9 | 3638.8 | 3079.3 | 26.5 | 3105.8 |