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Table 3 WAIC and the Coefficients of the variables when all fixed effect candidate 1 items are included in basic model

From: Establishment of a new initial dose plan for vancomycin using the generalized linear mixed model

Fixed effect candidate 1 (medical data)

Coefficient (l-95% CI, u-95% CI)

WAIC

None (Basic model)

-

258.42

BUN/adjusted SCr

0.1 (0.02, 0.17)

254.52a

BUN

0.09 (0.01, 0.17)

256.12a

BUN/SCr

0.08 (0.00, 0.16)

256.15a

AST

0.01 (-0.03, 0.05)

260.46

Age

0.04 (-0.01, 0.10)

257.51a

SCr

1.13 (-1.48, 3.78)

259.73

CLcr

-0.01 (-0.07, 0.04)

260.6

SCr adjusted amount

-16.09 (-32.54, 0.26)

256.18a

Single dose

0.00 (-0.01, 0.00)

260.6

Daily dose

0.00 (0.00, 0.00)

259.63

  1. aWAIC of the model (Ep. 4) that included fixed effect candidate 1 item was smaller than the WAIC of the basic model (Ep. 3). Smaller WAIC indicates decreased predictive error in the model