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Table 1 Parameters of the model

From: Fitting the epidemiology and neuropathology of the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease to prevent dementia

 

Source

Function

Parameters

Male

Female

Time until death due to other causes

INE

Gompertz

ln(α)

−10.022

−11.922

β

0.090

0.108

Time until dementia

[15]

Gompertz

ln(α)

−17.825

−16.772

β

0.164

0.157

Dementia survival

[21]

Polynomic

b0

30.835

42.767

b1

−0.447

−0.709

b2

0.002

0.003

Prodromal stage length

[17,18]

Exponential

λ

10

10

  1. INE, Spanish National Institute of Statistics.