Research Article
Bayesian and Frequentist Analytical Approaches Using Log-Normal and Gamma Frailty Parametric Models for Breast Cancer Mortality
Table 5
Weibull with gamma frailty (Model 3).
| Variables | Weibull with gamma frailty | Frequentist | Bayesian approach | HR | 2.5% | 97.5% | HR | 2.5% | 97.5% |
| Sex | | | | | | | Female | Ref | | | | | | Male | 0.96 | 0.64 | 1.44 | — | — | — | Age | 0.99 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.01 | Marital | | | | | | | Divorce | Ref | | | | | | Married | 1.37 | 1.03 | 1.81 | 0.79 | 0.65 | 0.96 | Single | 1.09 | 0.75 | 1.58 | 0.78 | 0.63 | 0.98 | Widowed | 1.57 | 1.14 | 2.18 | 0.72 | 0.58 | 0.89 | Topography | | | | | | | C50.0 nipple | Ref | | | | | | C50.1 central portion of breast | 1.00 | 0.67 | 1.50 | 1.17 | 0.92 | 1.49 | C50.2 upper-inner quadrant of breast | 1.04 | 0.73 | 1.49 | 1.18 | 0.95 | 1.49 | C50.3 lower-inner quadrant of breast | 0.95 | 0.64 | 1.40 | 1.26 | 0.99 | 1.63 | C50.4 upper-outer quadrant of breast | 1.01 | 0.75 | 1.35 | 1.14 | 0.93 | 1.41 | C50.5 lower-outer quadrant of breast | 1.01 | 0.68 | 1.50 | 1.05 | 0.83 | 1.33 | C50.6 axillary tail of breast | 0.38 | 0.18 | 0.80 | 1.25 | 0.88 | 1.81 | C50.8 overl. lesion of breast | 0.82 | 0.61 | 1.10 | 1.15 | 0.94 | 1.43 | C50.9 breast, NOS | 0.73 | 0.55 | 0.97 | 1.19 | 0.97 | 1.47 | Grade | | | | | | | B-Cell | Ref | | | | | | Grade I (Well diff) | 7.13 | 3.33 | 15.26 | 1.08 | 0.55 | 2.38 | Grade II (Mod diff) | 7.90 | 3.88 | 16.09 | 1.08 | 0.56 | 2.37 | Grade III (Poor diff) | 5.91 | 2.91 | 11.98 | 1.12 | 0.58 | 2.46 | Grade IV (Undiff anaplastic) | 5.44 | 2.49 | 11.91 | 0.98 | 0.49 | 2.18 | Laterality | | | | | | | Bilateral invasive | Ref | | | | | | Left | 0.92 | 0.61 | 1.39 | 1.10 | 0.82 | 1.51 | Paired site, late | 0.78 | 0.36 | 1.73 | 2.51 | 1.05 | 5.06 | Right | 0.94 | 0.62 | 1.42 | 1.08 | 0.80 | 1.47 | Extent | | | | | | | Distant metastasis | Ref | | | | | | Localised | 1.73 | 1.45 | 2.07 | 0.91 | 0.83 | 0.99 | Regional | 1.60 | 1.43 | 1.79 | 0.88 | 0.81 | 0.96 | Theta | 0.98 | | | <0.001 | | |
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