Analysis of the survival time of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a Bayesian approach via a competing risk parametric model

Table 5 Sensitivity analysis for prior distribution in HF-related mortality

Characteristic	Normal (mean 0 and variance of 10,000)	Normal (mean 0 and variance of 1000)	Normal (mean 0 and variance of 100)	Normal (mean 0 and variance of 10)	Normal (mean 0 and variance of 1)
Age (Trend effect)	0.98 (0.96–0.99)	0.98 (0.96-1)	0.98 (0.96–0.99)	0.98 (0.97-1)	0.99 (0.98–1.01)
Chest Pain (Yes)	0.41 (0.10–0.96)	0.46 (0.26–0.71)	0.37 (0.08–1.34)	0.55 (0.26–1.19)	0.85 (0.41–1.57)
Temperature (degrees Celsius)
< 36	0.62 (0.33–1.13)	0.61 (0.38–0.94)	0.60 (0.32–0.98)	0.68 (0.39–1.22)	0.66 (0.39–1.05)
36-37.5	base	base	base	base	base
> 37.5	2.80 (0.83–7.90)	2.14 (0.93–3.71)	2.88 (0.79–7.81)	2.27 (0.84–5.22)	2.32 (0.98–4.11)
History HyperLipidemia (Yes)	0.34 (0.13–0.64)	0.38 (0.17–0.65)	0.32 (0.16–0.57)	0.33 (0.17–0.60)	0.64 (0.39–1.04)
ADHF	0.11 (0.01–0.44)	0.01 (0.008–0.28)	0.11 (0.006-0.50)	0.06 (0.01–0.13)	1.16 (0.49–2.20)

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