Browsing by Subject "Joint modeling"

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    Joint modeling of longitudinal and competing-risk data using cumulative incidence functions for the failure submodels accounting for potential failure cause misclassification through double sampling
    (Oxford University Press, 2023) Thomadakis, Christos; Meligkotsidou, Loukia; Yiannoutsos, Constantin T.; Touloumi, Giota; Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
    Most of the literature on joint modeling of longitudinal and competing-risk data is based on cause-specific hazards, although modeling of the cumulative incidence function (CIF) is an easier and more direct approach to evaluate the prognosis of an event. We propose a flexible class of shared parameter models to jointly model a normally distributed marker over time and multiple causes of failure using CIFs for the survival submodels, with CIFs depending on the “true” marker value over time (i.e., removing the measurement error). The generalized odds rate transformation is applied, thus a proportional subdistribution hazards model is a special case. The requirement that the all-cause CIF should be bounded by 1 is formally considered. The proposed models are extended to account for potential failure cause misclassification, where the true failure causes are available in a small random sample of individuals. We also provide a multistate representation of the whole population by defining mutually exclusive states based on the marker values and the competing risks. Based solely on the assumed joint model, we derive fully Bayesian posterior samples for state occupation and transition probabilities. The proposed approach is evaluated in a simulation study and, as an illustration, it is fitted to real data from people with HIV.
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    Joint modeling of longitudinal and survival outcomes using generalized estimating equations
    (2018-05-07) Zheng, Mengjie; Gao, Sujuan; Xu, Huiping; Zhang, Jianjun; Zhang, Ying
    Joint models for longitudinal and time-to-event data has been introduced to study the association between repeatedly measured exposures and the risk of an event. The use of joint models allows a survival outcome to depend on some characteristic functions from the longitudinal measures. Current estimation methods include a two-stage approach, Bayesian and maximum likelihood estimation (MLEs) methods. The twostage method is computationally straightforward but often yields biased estimates. Bayesian and MLE methods rely on the joint likelihood of longitudinal and survival outcomes and can be computationally intensive. In this work, we propose a joint generalized estimating equation framework using an inverse intensity weighting approach for parameter estimation from joint models. The proposed method can be used to longitudinal outcomes from the exponential family of distributions and is computationally e cient. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated in simulation studies. The proposed method is used in an aging cohort to determine the relationship between longitudinal biomarkers and the risk of coronary artery disease.