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RE: st: finding a peak in an asymmetric curve


From   "Maarten Buis" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   RE: st: finding a peak in an asymmetric curve
Date   Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:30:20 +0200

Ah, Ron�n's interpretation of your question makes a lot more sense.

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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Ron�n Conroy
Sent: dinsdag 11 april 2006 12:24
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: finding a peak in an asymmetric curve

On 11 Aib 2006, at 09:17, Yoshiro Nagao wrote:

> Are there any statistical method
> to find the value of x for the peak,
> and show its "significance"?


Check Stata's routines for analysis of pharmacokinetic data (pretend 
your nutrient values are time and you'll fool it).

. pkexamine nutrient longevity

     Warning: the point (0, 0) is not in your data.  It will be added.

                                           Maximum concentration =  
362.5851
                                   Time of maximum concentration 
=       .02
                                 Time of last observation (Tmax) =   .
049458
                                                Elimination rate =   
15.2374
                                                       Half life =    
0.0455

     Area under the curve
     
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                     |    AUC [0, inf.)    | AUC [0, inf.) |  AUC [0, 
inf.)
      AUC [0, Tmax]  | Linear of log conc. |   Linear fit  | 
Exponential fit
     ----------------+---------------------+---------------
+----------------
          14.64      |         31.413      |     22.994    |      31.413
     
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     Fit based on last 3 points.


You may also look at -fracpoly- which fits fractional polynomials to 
your data.

I'm not sure what the "significance" of a peak is, and I notice that 
you have rather shyly surrounded it with quotes. What exactly do you 
want to find out about the peak.

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