Table 3 Parameters estimates (posterior means) with their corresponding 95% credibility intervals and the model goodness-of-fit to the data of the best model for four tests with and without covariates

 Se1

0.885 (0.827–0.934)

0.879 (0.816 to 0.931)

0.876 (0.811 to 0.930)

0.878 (0.814 to 0.930)

 Sp1

1^a

1^a

1^a

1^a

 Se2

0.548 (0.485 to 0.610)

0.544 (0.482 to 0.608)

0.544 (0.482 to 0.606)

0.546 (0.483 to 60.8)

 Sp2

0.934 (0.873 to 0.991)

0.936 (0.872 to 0.990)

0.940 (0.874 to 0.992)

0.940 (0.874 to 0.993)

 Se3

0.560 (0.480 to 0.639)

0.558 (0.477 to 0.637)

0.551 (0.471 to 0.631)

0.557 (0.476 to 0.638)

 Sp3

0.659 (0.558 to 0.756)

0.659 (0.555 to 0.758)

0.648 (0.540 to 0.749)

0.659 (0.552 to 0.759)

 Se4

0.632 (0.553 to 0.708)

0.629 (0.550 to 0.706)

0.623 (0.544 to 0.701)

0.629 (0.549 to 0.707)

 Sp4

0.700 (0.601 to 0.794)

0.701 (0.600 to 0.797)

0.693 (0.590 to 0.791)

0.701 (0.598 to 0.799)

 Prevalence

0.595 (0.431 to 0.664)

na

na

na

 Cov = 1^b

na

0.697 (0.594 to 0.794)

0.500 (0.398 to 0.606)

0.596 (0.594 to 0.794)

 Cov = 0^b

na

0.558 (0.312 to 0.784)

0.692 (0.464 to 0.857)

0.631 (0.312 to 0.784)

 Intercept

na

0.83 (0.38 to 1.34)

0.00 (−0.04 to 0.43)

0.39 (−0.01 to 0.83)

 Slope (OR)^c

na

0.55 (0.31 to 0.94)

2.24 (1.31 to 3.90)

1.16 (0.96 to 1.96)

 DIC

1507.0

1501.9

1497.2

1506.2