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Table 2 Comparison of true and approximate transition rates and hazard ratios for MESCC RCT

From: A technique for approximating transition rates from published survival analyses

 

Transition rates

Hazard ratios

True (95% CrI)

Approximate

Error

% Error

True (95% CrI)

Approximate

Error

% Error

RT-alone group

\(\lambda _{hi}\)

\(0.66~ \left( 0.27,1.20\right)\)

0.65

− 0.01

− 1.52

    

\(\lambda _{hd}\)

\(1.00~ \left( 0.50, 1.67\right)\)

0.92

+ 0.08

− 8.00

    

\(\lambda _{id}\)

\(2.12~ \left( 1.40, 2.98\right)\)

2.19

+ 0.07

+ 3.30

    

mS+RT group

\(\lambda _{hi}\)

\(0.33~ \left( 0.17, 0.54\right)\)

0.33

0.00

0.00

\(0.50~ \left( 0.21, 1.40\right)\)

0.51

+ 0.01

+ 1.54

\(\lambda _{hd}\)

\(0.53~ \left( 0.32, 0.80\right)\)

0.52

− 0.01

− 1.89

\(0.55~ \left( 0.26, 1.16\right)\)

0.56

+ 0.02

+ 2.77

\(\lambda _{id}\)

\(3.28~ \left( 2.09, 4.69\right)\)

3.71

+ 0.43

+ 13.11

\(1.61~ \left( 0.89, 2.66\right)\)

1.62

+ 0.08

+ 5.22

  1. CrI, Bayesian credible interval. Error, Approximate − True. % Error, (Approximate − True) \(\div\) True