Re: Weight as Covariate
From: Nick Holford <n.holford@auckland.ac.nz>
Subject: Re: Weight as Covariate
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 18:15:25 +1200
One obvious suggestion is to parameterize your model in terms of CL and V then use WT as a covariate on CL as well as V. It is theoretically absurd to imagine CL does not vary with WT. This may or may not fix your flip-flop problem but at least you will have a sensible description of CL and V.
Nick
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