Investigating Determinants of Multiple Sclerosis in Longitunal Studies: A Bayesian Approach

Table 7

Estimates of variance components.

Source of variation	Mean	Std. dev.	10% qu.	50% qu.	90% qu.
Scale	0.360485	0.006067	0.352562	0.360414	0.368427
Intercept	0.024117	0.009096	0.012335	0.024135	0.036359
Linear slope	0.000449	3.66^∗10^−5	0.000404	0.000448	0.000495
Quadr. slope	1.77^∗10^−5	9.30^∗10^−7	1.65^∗10^−5	1.76^∗10^−5	1.89^∗10^−5