The Bayesian Modeling of Covariates for Population Pharmacokinetic Models
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Pharmacokinetic (PK) models describe how the concentrations of a drug and its metabolite vary with time. Population PK models identify and quantify sources of between-individual variability in observed concentrations. Crucial to this aim is the identification of those covariates (i.e., individual-specific characteristics) responsible for explaining the variability. In this article we discuss how covariate modeling can be carried out for population PK models. We argue that…