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From: Prediction of absolute bioavailability of medicines in adults and children from oral clearance

Table 3. Within fold-error and statistical analysis for the prediction of absolute bioavailability in adults (medicines excreted renally) (n = 22).

Fold-error and statistical analysis
Fold-error	LBF	LPF
0.5–2	22 (100.0%)	22 (100.0%)
0.5–1.5	19 (86.4%)	20 (90.9%)
0.7–1.3	14 (63.6%)	18 (81.8%)
> 2	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
< 0.5	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Bias	11.6	0.6
RMSE	18.2	14.7
AFE	1.21	1.03
AAFE	1.26	1.22

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LBF: liver blood flow; LPF: liver plasma flow; AFE: average fold error; AAFE: absolute AFE; RMSE: root mean square error. % is of total observations.

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