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Table 2 Model comparison with different distributional assumptions

From: Modeling time to death for under-five children in Malawi using 2015/16 Demographic and Health Survey: a survival analysis

Baseline distribution

Frailty

AIC

BIC

Exponential

Gamma

859.372

1004.097

Weibull

Gamma

857.1418

1008.440

Loglogistic

Gamma

831.3592

982.6595

Lognormal

Gamma

826.649

977.9571

Gompertz

Gamma

744.2175

895.5191

Exponential

Inverse Gaussian

886.8715

1031.589

Weibull

Inverse Gaussian

860.3382

1011.637

Loglogistic

Inverse Gaussian

830.2691

981.5695

Lognormal

Inverse Gaussian

nc*

nc*

Gompertz

Inverse Gaussian

744.2187

895.5191

  1. *Not convergent