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Table 4 Posterior summary for the proportional hazard model with the 3-parameter Power Generalised Weibull (PGW) baseline hazard specification for the lung data considering stage IV cancer patients in Spain, n=693

From: Bayesian variable selection and survival modeling: assessing the Most important comorbidities that impact lung and colorectal cancer survival in Spain

Interpretation

Parameter

Posterior Mean

HR

CI 2.5%

CI 97.5%

P(HR>1∣Data)

Age

β1

0.309

1.362

1.243

1.501

1.000

Female vs. male

β2

0.170

1.185

0.928

1.543

0.910

Previous smoker

β3

0.428

1.534

1.132

2.054

0.999

Current smoker

β4

0.542

1.719

1.284

2.309

1.000

PGW scale

η

0.336

–

0.198

0.581

–

PGW shape 1

ν

1.150

–

0.993

1.324

–

PGW shape 2

δ

2.245

–

1.550

3.049

–

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