Table 4: Comparison of gamma and Inverse Gaussian shared frailty model with different baseline distributions.

Information criteria

Models

No frailty

Frailty distributions  Gamma shared frailty

Inverse Gaussian shared frailty

AIC

Exponential

9227.571

9123.19

9134.199

Weibull

8131.593

7715.474

7736.532

Gombertz

8923.095

 

 

Lognormal

7725.023

7202.576

7254.51

Log logistic

7729.047

7038.206

7062.255

BIC

Exponential

9340.574

9242.471

9253.48

Weibull

8250.873

7841.032

7862.09

Gombertz

9042.376

 

 

Lognormal

7844.304

7328.134

7380.069

Log logistic

7848.327

7163.764

7187.813