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- Title
Direct modeling of regression effects for transition probabilities in the progressive illness-death model.
- Authors
Azarang, Leyla; Scheike, Thomas; de Uña‐Álvarez, Jacobo
- Abstract
In this work, we present direct regression analysis for the transition probabilities in the possibly non-Markov progressive illness-death model. The method is based on binomial regression, where the response is the indicator of the occupancy for the given state along time. Randomly weighted score equations that are able to remove the bias due to censoring are introduced. By solving these equations, one can estimate the possibly time-varying regression coefficients, which have an immediate interpretation as covariate effects on the transition probabilities. The performance of the proposed estimator is investigated through simulations. We apply the method to data from the Registry of Systematic Lupus Erythematosus RELESSER, a multicenter registry created by the Spanish Society of Rheumatology. Specifically, we investigate the effect of age at Lupus diagnosis, sex, and ethnicity on the probability of damage and death along time. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Publication
Statistics in Medicine, 2017, Vol 36, Issue 12, p1964
- ISSN
0277-6715
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/sim.7245