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Table 2 Predicted versus True 0.50 Quantiles using the 0.15 Quantile as a Predictor Variable.

From: Early prediction of median survival among a large AIDS surveillance cohort

 

Data as of December 31, 1996

Data as of December 31, 2001

  

Observed Quantiles

    

Cohort

n

largest follow-up time (months)

0.15 (A)

0.50 (B)

Predicted 0.50 Quantile† (C)

largest follow-up time (months)

"True" 0.15 Quantile§ (D)

True 0.50 Quantile‡ (E)

Difference (C – E)

831

140

167

2

12

16

227

2

12

4

832

154

164

2

11

16

224

1

11

5

833

204

161

1

10

13

221

1

10

3

834

205

158

1

10

13

218

1

11

2

841

277

155

2

10

16

215

1

10

6

842

315

152

1

9

13

212

1

11

2

843

397

149

2

12

16

209

1

11

5

844

418

146

2

10

16

206

1

9

7

851

531

143

1

10

13

203

1

10

3

852

624

140

1

10

13

200

1

10

3

853

718

137

1

11

13

197

1

10

3

854

689

134

1

11

13

194

1

10

3

861

876

131

1

10

13

191

1

10

3

862

955

128

1

10

13

188

1

10

3

863

1113

125

1

11

13

185

1

11

2

864

1110

122

1

14

13

182

1

15

-2

871

1316

119

1

15

13

179

1

14

-1

872

1474

116

1

16

13

176

1

15

-2

873

1484

113

1

17

13

173

2

17

-4

874

1425

110

2

17

16

170

2

17

-1

881

1649

107

2

18

16

167

2

18

-2

882

1658

104

2

19

16

164

3

19

-3

883

1759

101

2

18

16

161

2

18

-2

884

1693

98

1

18

13

158

1

18

-5

891

1930

95

2

19

16

155

2

18

-2

892

2187

92

2

20

16

152

2

19

-3

893

2047

89

3

20

18

149

3

21

-3

894

1997

86

2

19

16

146

2

18

-2

901

2265

83

2

21

16

143

3

22

-6

902

2243

80

3

21

18

140

4

22

-4

903

2285

77

3

19

18

137

3

20

-2

904

2139

74

3

20

18

134

3

20

-2

911

2611

71

5

21

23

131

5

22

1

912

2543

68

4

23

21

128

4

23

-2

913

2845

65

4

23

21

125

4

23

-2

914

2930

62

5

24

23

122

5

24

-1

921

3227

59

7

27

29

119

8

27

2

922

2920

56

7

28

29

116

7

28

1

923

2971

53

7

28

29

113

7

27

2

924

3061

50

7

30

29

110

7

29

0

931

3264

47

9

32

34

107

9

31

3

932

2903

44

8

32

31

104

8

32

-1

933

2788

41

9

*

34

101

9

32

2

934

2624

38

9

*

34

98

9

40

-6

941

2766

35

8

*

31

95

9

46

-15

942

2518

32

7

*

29

92

8

80

-51

943

2335

29

9

*

34

89

9

*

 

944

2203

26

9

*

34

86

8

*

 

951

2451

23

10

*

37

83

9

*

 

952

2245

20

11

*

39

80

10

*

 

953

1949

17

8

*

31

77

9

*

 

954

1860

14

10

*

37

74

9

*

 

961

1894

11

*

*

*

71

12

*

 

962

1488

8

5

*

23

68

16

*

 

963

1225

5

*

*

*

65

16

*

 

964

475

2

*

*

*

62

9

*

 
  1. * denotes that the observed quantile could not be estimated from the data.
  2. † The predicted 0.50 quantile is based on HARS data as of December 31, 1996.
  3. §The true 0.15 quantile is based on HARS data as of December 31, 2001.
  4. ‡ The true 0.50 quantile is based on HARS data as of December 31, 2001.