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Table 3 Sensitivity to knot configuration

From: Partitioning of excess mortality in population-based cancer patient survival studies using flexible parametric survival models

Model

Baseline, d f b

Age, d f a

Year, d f y

Number of parameters

AIC

BIC

a

5

3

3

38

304202

304537

b

4

3

3

36

304219

304537

c

3

3

3

34

304291

304592

d

5

2

3

35

304207

304517

e

5

4

3

41

304165

304527

f

5

3

2

35

304197

304507

g

5

3

4

41

304204

304565

  1. Degrees of freedom for the baseline log cumulative excess mortality, d f b , the time-dependent effect of age at diagnosis, d f a and year at diagnosis, d f y .