Table 5 Real data sets: DIC selection of the order MF and of the power terms pm in the FP model. RE and FE refer to random and fixed effects
From: Bayesian splines versus fractional polynomials in network meta-analysis
Data set | MF | p1 | p2 | RE/FE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
COPD | 2 | -0.5 | 0 | RE on β2 |
OA | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | RE on β2 |
T2D | 1 | -2 |  | RE on β1 |
CMP | 1 | -1 | Â | FE |
MDD | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | FE |