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Table 6 Sensitivity analysis for prior distribution in Non- HF-related mortality

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

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)

0.99 (0.97–1.01)

0.99 (0.97–1.01)

0.99 (0.97–1.01)

0.99 (0.97-1.00)

0.99 (0.98–1.01)

Chest Pain (Yes)

0.38 (0.12–0.86)

0.32 (0.05–0.89)

0.38 (0.12–0.83)

0.33 (0.13–0.72)

0.58 (0.30–0.91)

History Hypertension (Yes)

0.91 (0.57–1.37)

1.01 (0.47–1.86)

1.27 (0.57–2.36)

1.02 (0.67–1.59)

1.17 (0.61–1.63)

CAD (Yes)

0.65 (0.38–0.98)

0.78 (0.42–1.30)

0.82 (0.42–1.56)

0.77 (0.40–1.28)

0.83 (0.44–1.39)

History HyperLipidemia (Yes)

0.60 (0.37–0.90)

0.62 (0.24–1.11)

0.47 (0.26–0.67)

0.70 (0.41–1.18)

0.80 (0.44–1.39)

CKD (Yes)

0.52 (0.28–0.87)

0.56 (0.27–1.23)

0.57 (0.33–0.88)

0.59(0.35–0.95)

0.57 (0.31–1.12)

AF (Yes)

0.53 (0.32–0.81)

0.71 (0.37–1.23)

0.74 (0.42–1.19)

0.79 (0.44–1.35)

0.77 (0.52–1.30)