病例-队列研究中可加可乘风险模型的有效估计

在病例-队列研究中,一些测量成本高的协变量仅对病例及随机选取的子列中的个体进行测量,而其余协变量以及昂贵协变量的某些替代变量将对所有个体进行测量.为了充分利用所测量到的协变量信息,本文针对可加可乘风险模型提出了一类带有时间相依权重的双重加权估计;证明了所得估计量的渐近性质,并得到了这类估计中的最有效估计.最后,通过数值模拟验证了所给方法在有限样本下的表现,并将其应用于一个实例分析.     

加速失效时间模型下现状数据的Jackknife模型平均

文章研究了响应变量为现状数据的情况下,加速失效时间模型的Jackknife模型平均方法.首先对数据进行合理的无偏变换,进而得到回归参数的最小二乘估计.然后引入删一交叉验证准则来选取候选模型的权重,并在一定正则性条件下,建立对应模型平均估计量的渐近最优性.此外,数值模拟表明,与现有的其他模型平均和模型选择方法相比,本文所提出的方法在预测上表现更佳.最后将所提方法应用于尼日利亚儿童死亡率的数据进行实证研究,进一步验证了所提方法的优良性质.     

缺失数据下超高维可加分位回归的变量筛选和选择

针对存在缺失数据的超高维可加分位回归模型,本文提出一种有效的变量筛选方法.具体而言,将典型相关分析的思想引入到最优变换的最大相关系数,通过协变量和模型残差最优变换后的最大相关系数重要变量的边际贡献进行排序,从而进行变量筛选.然后,在筛选的基础上,利用稀疏光滑惩罚进一步做变量选择.所提变量筛选方法有三点优势:(1)基于最优变换的最大相关可以更全面的反映响应变量对协变量的非线性依赖结构;(2)在迭代过程中利用残差可以获取模型的相关信息,从而提高变量筛选的准确度;(3)变量筛选过程和模型估计分开,可以避免对冗余协变量的回归.在适当的条件下,证明了变量筛选方法的确定性独立筛选性质以及稀疏光滑惩罚下估计量的稀疏性和相合性.同时,通过蒙特卡罗模拟给出了所提方法的表现并通过一组小鼠基因数据说明了所提方法的有效性.     

带辅助协变量的相关失效时间数据的加权估计伪部分似然方法

本文在不同基准风险边际模型下考虑带辅助协变量的相关失效时间数据的统计推断.假设感兴趣的主协变量仅在全研究队列的一个子集中是精确测量的,而主协变量的辅助协变量则对研究队列的全部个体均可获得.首先利用辅助信息经验地估计相对风险函数,然后提出一种加权估计伪部分似然(weighted estimated pseudo-partial likelihood, WEPPL)方法求边际风险率参数的估计.本文在辅助协变量为分类变量的情形下建立WEPPL估计的渐近性质.相应估计被证明是相合的和渐近正态的.本文通过模拟研究评估提出的估计在有限样本下的表现.结果显示提出的加权估计在效率上要优于未加权的估计,特别是当失效时间之间相关性较强的时候.     

多类型复发事件下的一类均值加速回归模型

在复发事件的统计分析中,事件的平均发生个数可能比其强度函数或危险率函数更具可解释性.为了评价协变量对复发事件的影响,许多学者考虑了复发事件的边际比例均值模型.然而,在许多实际应用中,协变量对复发事件不仅具有均值比例效应,而且还可能会加速或减缓复发事件的发生,即协变量对复发事件均值过程具有时间尺度效应.在多类型复发事件数据框架下,考虑一类广泛的加速均值模型.利用估计方程方法,获得了该模型中未知参数的估计,并且建立了所给估计的渐近性质.进一步通过模拟研究证实所提方法的优良表现.     

面板数据分位数回归模型的工具变量估计

针对含有内生变量的面板数据回归模型,提出基于工具变量的分位数回归估计方法.首先,通过引入工具变量解决协变量的内生性问题,然后利用分位数回归的方法对回归系数进行估计.在一些正则条件下,证明所提出估计的大样本性质,通过模拟研究证实该方法的有限样本性质.     

竞争风险下纵列持续数据随机效应模型的估计与模拟研究

本文论证竞争风险下纵列持续数据随机效应模型属于广义线性模型的范畴,推导出用于模型估计的等级似然函数,将等级似然估计的运用由单风险扩展到竞争风险,并进行了模拟研究。模拟结果表明,对于竞争风险下的随机效应模型,等级似然估计能够给出协变量系数相当精确的估计,克服了忽略异质性影响所导致的偏差;模拟研究还表明,本文提出的估计方法同样适用于区间观测数据。     

删失数据下的半参数变系数部分线性回归模型

为了分析删失数据,该文考虑变系数部分线性模型,此模型允许协变量对响应变量存在非线性影响.响应变量与协变量之间关系的统计模型通过线性结构来拟合是非常重要而且有益.对于删失数据,常用的统计方法不能直接应用于此模型.该文首先提出一类数据变换用以建立无偏条件期望.然后利用profile最小二乘方法,给出了模型中参数分量和非参数分量的profile最小二乘估计,并建立了这些估计的渐近正态性.最后通过数值例子来说明该文所提出的方法的有效性.     

基于病例队列数据的比例风险模型的诊断

病例队列设计是一种在生存分析中广泛应用的可以降低成本又能提高效率的抽样方法.对于病例队列数据,已经有很多统计方法基于比例风险模型来估计协变量对生存时间的影响.然而,很少有工作基于病例队列数据来检验模型的假设是否成立.在这篇文章中,我们基于渐近的零均的值随机过程提出了一类检验统计量,这类检验统计量可以基于病例队列数据来检验比例风险模型的假设是否成立.我们通过重抽样的方法来逼近上述检验统计量的渐近分布,通过数值模拟来研究所提方法在有限样本下的表现,最后将所提出的方法应用于一个国家肾母细胞瘤研究的真实数据集上.     

内生性协变量下广义变系数模型的工具变量估计

在模型的部分协变量为内生性协变量的情况下,考虑广义变系数模型的一类估计问题.通过结合基函数逼近和一些辅助变量信息,提出了一个基于工具变量的估计过程.并得到了估计的相合性和收敛速度等渐近性质.所提出的估计方法可以有效地消除协变量的内生性对估计精度的影响,并且具有较好的有限样本性质.     

Approximations of some hazard rate estimators in a competing risks model

A general model involving k competing risks is studied and the hazard rates of these risks are simultaneously estimated. The estimators are strongly approximated by Gaussian processes and the limiting distribution of certain statistics are obtained.     

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In this paper, we investigate a competing risks model based on exponentiated Weibull distribution under Type-I progressively hybrid censoring scheme. To estimate the unknown parameters and reliability function, the maximum likelihood estimators and asymptotic confidence intervals are derived. Since Bayesian posterior density functions cannot be given in closed forms, we adopt Markov chain Monte Carlo method to calculate approximate Bayes estimators and highest posterior density credible intervals. To illustrate the estimation methods, a simulation study is carried out with numerical results. It is concluded that the maximum likelihood estimation and Bayesian estimation can be used for statistical inference in competing risks model under Type-I progressively hybrid censoring scheme.     

Semiparametric estimation based on parametric modeling of the cause-specific hazard ratios in competing risks

This paper is intended as an investigation of estimating cause-specific cumulative hazard and cumulative incidence functions in a competing risks model. The proportional model in which ratios of the cause-specific hazards to the overall hazard are assumed to be constant (independent of time) is a well-known semiparametric model. We are here concerned with relaxation of the proportionality assumption. The set C of all causes are decomposed into two disjoint subsets of causes as C=C₁∪C₂. The relative risk of cause A in the sub-causes C₁ can be represented as a function defined by ratio of the cause-specific hazard of cause A to the sum of cause-specific hazards in the sub-causes C₁. We call this function the risk pattern function of cause A in C₁, and consider a semiparametric model in which risk pattern functions in C₁ are not constant (independent of time) but those functional forms, except for finite-dimensional parameters, are known. Based on this model, semiparametric estimators are obtained, and estimated variances of them are derived by delta methods. We investigate asymptotic properties of the semiparametric estimators and compare them with the nonparametric estimators. The semiparametric procedure is illustrated with the radiation-exposed mice data set, which represents lifetimes and causes of death of mice exposed to radiation in two different environments.     

Large Sample Properties of Mixture Models with Covariates for Competing Risks

We study the large-sample properties of a class of parametric mixture models with covariates for competing risks. The models allow general distributions for the survival times and incorporate the idea of long-term survivors. Asymptotic results are obtained under a commonly assumed independent censoring mechanism and some modest regularity conditions on the survival distributions. The existence, consistency, and asymptotic normality of maximum likelihood estimators for the parameters of the model are rigorously derived under general sufficient conditions. Specific conditions for particular models can be derived from the general conditions for ready check. In addition, a likelihood-ratio statistic is proposed to test various hypotheses of practical interest, and its asymptotic distribution is provided.     

Analysis of a semiparametric mixture model for competing risks

Semiparametric mixture regression models have recently been proposed to model competing risks data in survival analysis. In particular, Ng and McLachlan (Stat Med 22:1097–1111, 2003) and Escarela and Bowater (Commun Stat Theory Methods 37:277–293, 2008) have investigated the computational issues associated with the nonparametric maximum likelihood estimation method in a multinomial logistic/proportional hazards mixture model. In this work, we rigorously establish the existence, consistency, and asymptotic normality of the resulting nonparametric maximum likelihood estimators. We also propose consistent variance estimators for both the finite and infinite dimensional parameters in this model.     

Estimating hazard ratios in nested case-control studies by mantel-haenszel method

1. IntroductionConsider a follow-up study which is carried out to investigate the association betweenexposure variables and mortality rate in a cohort. In the case where the cohort is of 1argesise, the complete follow-up ndght be too expensive or difficult, and various nested samplingmethod8 have been suggested by Thomas[l], Prenti..[2] 5 Goldstein and Langholzl'] and otherauthors. Most of the authors employ Coxl4] regression mode1 for estimating the hazard ratio8of exposures.Now a well-reco…     

Improved estimation in multiple linear regression models with measurement error and general constraint

In this paper, we define two restricted estimators for the regression parameters in a multiple linear regression model with measurement errors when prior information for the parameters is available. We then construct two sets of improved estimators which include the preliminary test estimator, the Stein-type estimator and the positive rule Stein type estimator for both slope and intercept, and examine their statistical properties such as the asymptotic distributional quadratic biases and the asymptotic distributional quadratic risks. We remove the distribution assumption on the error term, which was generally imposed in the literature, but provide a more general investigation of comparison of the quadratic risks for these estimators. Simulation studies illustrate the finite-sample performance of the proposed estimators, which are then used to analyze a dataset from the Nurses Health Study.     

Hazard function estimation with cause-of-death data missing at random

Hazard function estimation is an important part of survival analysis. Interest often centers on estimating the hazard function associated with a particular cause of death. We propose three nonparametric kernel estimators for the hazard function, all of which are appropriate when death times are subject to random censorship and censoring indicators can be missing at random. Specifically, we present a regression surrogate estimator, an imputation estimator, and an inverse probability weighted estimator. All three estimators are uniformly strongly consistent and asymptotically normal. We derive asymptotic representations of the mean squared error and the mean integrated squared error for these estimators and we discuss a data-driven bandwidth selection method. A simulation study, conducted to assess finite sample behavior, demonstrates that the proposed hazard estimators perform relatively well. We illustrate our methods with an analysis of some vascular disease data.     

Analyzing right-censored length-biased data with additive hazards model

Length-biased data are often encountered in observational studies, when the survival times are left-truncated and right-censored and the truncation times follow a uniform distribution. In this article, we propose to analyze such data with the additive hazards model, which specifies that the hazard function is the sum of an arbitrary baseline hazard function and a regression function of covariates. We develop estimating equation approaches to estimate the regression parameters. The resultant estimators are shown to be consistent and asymptotically normal. Some simulation studies and a real data example are used to evaluate the finite sample properties of the proposed estimators.