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Semiparametric regression for the mean and rate functions of recurrent events

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Lin, D. Y., Wei, L. J., Yang, I., Ying, Z.·2000·Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B: Statistical Methodology

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Summary: The counting process with the Cox-type intensity function has been commonly used to analyse recurrent event data. This model essentially assumes that the underlying counting process is a time-transformed Poisson process and that the covariates have multiplicative effects on the mean and rate function of the counting process. Recently, Pepe and Cai, and Lawless and co-workers have proposed semiparametric procedures for making inferences about the mean and rate function of the counting process without the Poisson-type assumption. In this paper, we provide a rigorous justification of such robust procedures through modern empirical process theory. Furthermore, we present an approach to constructing simultaneous confidence bands for the mean function and describe a class of graphical and numerical techniques for checking the adequacy of the fitted mean–rate model. The advantages of the robust procedures are demonstrated through simulation studies. An illustration with multiple-infection data taken from a clinical study on chronic granulomatous disease is also provided.

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  • An additional pre-specified analysis, the Andersen-Gill model using a Cox proportional-hazard with the counting-process formulation, was performed to model the total events.

    “An additional pre-specified analysis, the Andersen-Gill model using a Cox proportional-hazard with the counting-process formulation, was performed to model the total events (50,51).”

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Authors
Lin, D. Y., Wei, L. J., Yang, I., & Ying, Z.
Affiliations
  • University of Washington (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Schering-Plough Research Institute , Kenilworth , USA
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
Corresponding author
Lin, D. Y.
Venue
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B: Statistical Methodology
Published
2000-11-01
Volume
62
Issue
4
Pages
711-730
ISSN
  • 1369-7412 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-9868
OpenAlex
W2012053212
Cited by
969
References
18
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FWCI
10.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) (publishedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • UNC Libraries
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods and Inference
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Probability and Statistical Research
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications
Keywords
recurrent event data, semiparametric regression, mean function, rate function, counting processes, empirical process theory, simultaneous confidence bands, model adequacy assessment, co-infection, chronic granulomatous disease

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