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Table 3 Bayesian hierarchical models with different priors for the clustering component.

From: Risk of cancer in the vicinity of municipal solid waste incinerators: importance of using a flexible modelling strategy

 

coefficient

(95% CI)

DIC; p D

All cancers in women

Gaussian CAR prior

adjacency

0.502

(0.083, 0.957)

12776; 298

distance ≤ 5 km

0.560

(0.185, 0.924)

12770; 277

distance ≤ 10 km

0.581

(0.235, 0.931)

12739; 289

Median based CAR prior

adjacency

0.526

(0.071, 0.981)

12773; 292

Breast cancer in women

Gaussian CAR prior

adjacency

0.680

(0.040, 1.315)

9707; 121

distance ≤ 5 km

0.707

(0.076, 1.239)

9725; 94

distance ≤ 10 km

0.717

(0.176, 1.258)

9717; 128

Median based CAR prior

adjacency

0.660

(0.052, 1.284)

9708; 116

  1. The estimates of regression coefficients, their 95% credible intervals for the index of exposure to MSWIs, DIC and p D terms
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International Journal of Health Geographics

ISSN: 1476-072X