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Table 1 Results of Bayesian hierarchical modeling

From: Spatial analysis of MODIS aerosol optical depth, PM2.5, and chronic coronary heart disease

Fixed effects

Posterior mean

Posterior median

Standard deviation

MC error

95% Credible set

β0

-0.264

-0.273

0.064

0.003

(-0.366, -0.117)

β1

0.802

0.812

0.223

0.010

(0.386, 1.225)

  1. * Posterior means, medians, and 95% credible sets are based on 20,000 post-convergence iterations (from 60,0001 to 80,000). Fixed effects are: β0 – intercept, β1 – effect of PM2.5.
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International Journal of Health Geographics

ISSN: 1476-072X