Bayesian Analysis of a Lipid-Based Physiologically Based Toxicokinetic Model for a Mixture of PCBs in Rats
Table 5
Population posterior distributions.
Parameter*
μ (CV/R)†
Σ (CV/R)
v 0118
0.038 (0.02/1.0)
0.24 (0.13/1.2)
v 0138
0.026 (0.02/1.2)
0.35 (0.17/1.1)
v 0153
0.025 (0.02/1.3)
0.35 (0.16/1.5)
v 0170
0.029 (0.02/1.0)
0.38 (0.16/1.0)
v 0180
0.035 (0.02/1.1)
0.31 (0.15/1.0)
v 0187
0.017 (0.02/1.1)
0.55 (0.25/1.0)
0.027 (0.03/1.0)
0.43 (0.08/1.1)
0.0025 (0.01/1.0)
0.045 (0.02/1.2)
0.30 (0.06/1.0)‡ 0.23 (0.04/1.0)
0.19 (0.04/1.2) 0.23 (0.03/1.3)
0.40 (0.05/1.1) 0.36 (0.03/1.0)
*Units for are (mL/h/kg0.75); is unitless. †CV: coefficient of variance of chain, R: Gelman-Rubin. ‡One value each for step 1 (top) and step 2 (bottom).