Table 3

Modelling the incidence of pleural plaques using a complementary log-log regression


Model 1
Model 2


coefficient
95%CI
p
coefficient
95%CI
p

Intercept Log(k/(α +1))
-5.093
-6.098, -4.089
<0.001
-4.553
-5.519, -3.588
<0.001
Log time since first exposure
1.340
1.045, 1.635
<0.001
1.201
0.913, 1.490
<0.001
Mean exposure (f/ml)
0.069
0.049, 0.090
<0.001



Cumulative exposure (100 y.f/ml)



0.211
0.142, 0.281
<0.001
Akaike Information Criterion
1230.3

1239.4

Fitted Incidence model
0.00823 × (TSFE-10)0.340 × exp(0.069. mean expo)

0.0127 × (TSFE-10)0.201 × exp(0.00211.cum expo)


95%CI: 95% Confidence Intervals

p: p-value of a test of a zero coefficient

TSFE: Time Since First Exposure.

Paris et al. Environmental Health 2008 7:30   doi:10.1186/1476-069X-7-30

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