A Focused Bayesian Information Criterion

Table 5

Description of variables used for logistic regression (Hosmer and Lemeshow [46]).

Label	Description
	Age of patients in years
	Serum albumin (mg/dL)
	Alkaline phosphatase (U/liter)
	Presence of ascites
	Aspartate aminotransferase, once called SGOT (U/mL)
	Serum bilirubin (mg/dL)
	Serum cholesterol (mg/dL)
	Urine copper (ug/day)
	0 no edema, 0.5 untreated or successfully treated edema, and 1 edema despite diuretic therapy
	Presence of hepatomegaly or enlarged liver
	Platelet count
	Standardized blood clotting time
	Male/female
	Blood vessel malformations in the skin
	Histologic stage of disease (which needs biopsy)
	Status at endpoint, 0/1/2 for censored, transplant, or dead
	Number of days between the date of registration and the earlier date of death or transplantation
	1/2/NA for D-penicillamine, placebo, not randomized
	Triglycerides (mg/dL)