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Table 2 Hierarchical series of models for Osteosarcoma with goodness of fit diagnostics

From: Small-area analyses of bone cancer diagnosed in Great Britain provide clues to aetiology

Model

Factors/interactions

df1

deviance

AIC2

0

Null

175672

18788.0

25587.9

1

Gender

175671

18728.0

25529.9

2

Age

175670

18074.1

24878.0

3

Age & Gender

175669

18017.2

24823.1

4

Age, Gender*Age

175668

17976.3

24784.2

5

Age, Gender*Age & Region

175658

17970.6

24798.5

6

Age, Gender*Age & Population density

175667

17961.4

24771.3

7

Age, Gender*Age & Townsend

175667

17947.5

24757.4

8

Age, Gender*Age & Overcrowding

175667

17968.4

24778.3

9

Age, Gender*Age & No cars

175667

17951.4

24761.3

10

Age, Gender*Age & Unemployment

175667

17955.9

24765.8

11

Age, Gender*Age & Home ownership

175667

17956.9

24766.8

12

Age, Gender*Age, Townsend & Population density

175666

17945.3

24757.2

13

Age, Gender*Age, Overcrowding & Population density

175666

17945.2

24757.1

14

Age, Gender*Age, No cars & Population density

175666

17947.5

24759.4

15

Age, Gender*Age, Unemployment & Population density

175666

17947.5

24759.4

16

Age, Gender*Age, Home ownership & Population density

175666

17947.1

24759.0

17

Age, Gender*Age, Townsend & Townsend*female

175666

17940.9

24752.8

  1. 1 df = residual degrees of freedom, 2 AIC = Akaike Information Criterion.