Censored Data Analysis Reveals Effects of Age and Hepatitis C Infection on C-Reactive Protein Levels in Healthy Adult Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
Table 7
Partitioning statistics for (a) health status, (b) decade of life, and (c) HCV infection status, for all 6 CDA datasets.
(a) Health status
Dataset
Casewise deletion
2.05
1.07
0.8%
Zero
2.89
1.31
1.75
DL/2
2.08
1.05
0.9%
DL
n/a
n/a
n/a
MLE
2.39
1.15
1.2%
MI
n/a
n/a
n/a
(b) Decade of life
Dataset
Casewise deletion
1.77
1.03
0.7%
Zero
n/a
n/a
n/a
DL/2
n/a
n/a
n/a
DL
n/a
n/a
n/a
MLE
n/a
n/a
n/a
MI
n/a
n/a
n/a
(c) HCV infection status
Dataset
Casewise deletion
4.19
1.30
3.5%
Zero
6.31
1.17
7.4%
DL/2
7.57
1.31
10.2%
DL
7.29
1.74
9.5%
MLE
6.79
1.36
8.4%
MI
6.99
1.30
8.9%
Listed factors (health, decade, and HCV) were considered clinically significant and separate reference intervals constructed if , , or . Only statistically significant covariates were tested (see Table 2). n/a means the factor was not significant and was not tested. See text for discussion.
