Table 1 Parameter values used to generate data in the simulation study.

From: Longitudinal hierarchical Bayesian models of covariate effects on airway and alveolar nitric oxide

NO parameter

Population-level (across-participant)

Within-participant (across-visit)

Population-level (across-participant)

Mean (\(\mu \))

Standard Deviation (\(\tau \))

Standard Deviation (\(\sigma \))

Correlation (\(\rho \))

CA

1.5

0.45

0.50

CA, logCaw

0.66

logCaw

3.5

0.65

0.40

CA, logDaw

− 0.38

logDaw

2.5

0.55

0.33

logCaw, logDaw

− 0.35