Table 2: Simulation results for the population-averaged BMD when σu is 1 and 2.

k

Method

σu = 1

σu = 2

Mean

Bias

RMSE

Coverage

Mean

Bias

RMSE

Coverage

 

 

 

3

GEE-ind

0.0816

0.0109

0.0348

0.8190

0.0806

0.0206

0.0593

0.8380

GEE-exc

0.0836

0.0130

0.0364

0.8240

0.0873

0.0273

0.0627

0.8488

GLMM-marg

0.0801

0.0095

0.0341

0.8870

0.0784

0.0184

0.0585

0.8879

GLMM-app

0.0819

0.0113

0.0344

0.8690

0.0816

0.0216

0.0583

0.8478

META

0.0815

0.0109

0.0364

0.9469

0.0815

0.0216

0.0677

0.9546

 

 

 

9

GEE-ind

0.0767

0.0061

0.0189

0.8860

0.0685

0.0085

0.0260

0.9250

GEE-exc

0.0784

0.0078

0.0200

0.8970

0.0746

0.0146

0.0305

0.9290

GLMM-marg

0.0761

0.0054

0.0188

0.8990

0.0667

0.0067

0.0257

0.9510

GLMM-app

0.0773

0.0067

0.0189

0.8670

0.0700

0.0100

0.0266

0.8320

META

0.0800

0.0094

0.0222

0.8920

0.0718

0.0118

0.0361

0.9310

 

 

 

15

GEE-ind

0.0750

0.0044

0.0142

0.9040

0.0655

0.0055

0.0189

0.9470

GEE-exc

0.0767

0.0061

0.0154

0.9300

0.0716

0.0116

0.0233

0.9350

GLMM-marg

0.0743

0.0036

0.0141

0.9160

0.0633

0.0033

0.0185

0.9530

GLMM-app

0.0757

0.0051

0.0143

0.8740

0.0670

0.0071

0.0196

0.8340

META

0.0792

0.0086

0.0179

0.8758

0.0681

0.0081

0.0258

0.9220