Bayesian inference for generalized linear mixed model based on the multivariate t distribution in population pharmacokinetic study

PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e58369. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058369. Epub 2013 Mar 8.

Abstract

This article provides a fully bayesian approach for modeling of single-dose and complete pharmacokinetic data in a population pharmacokinetic (PK) model. To overcome the impact of outliers and the difficulty of computation, a generalized linear model is chosen with the hypothesis that the errors follow a multivariate Student t distribution which is a heavy-tailed distribution. The aim of this study is to investigate and implement the performance of the multivariate t distribution to analyze population pharmacokinetic data. Bayesian predictive inferences and the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm schemes are used to process the intractable posterior integration. The precision and accuracy of the proposed model are illustrated by the simulating data and a real example of theophylline data.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bayes Theorem
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Models, Biological*
  • Pharmacokinetics*

Grants and funding

The work of Fang-Rong Yan, Yuan Huang, Jun-Lin Liu and Tao Lu was funded by NSFC (Program No. 81130068) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Program No.JKQ2011032). Jin-Guan Lin’s work was supported by NSFC (Program No.1117165) and NSFCJS (Program No.BK2011058). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.