Joint modeling for mixed-effects quantile regression of longitudinal data with detection limits and covariates measured with error, with application to AIDS studies

Yuzhu Tian, Manlai Tang () and Maozai Tian
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Yuzhu Tian: Henan University of Science and Technology
Manlai Tang: Hang Seng Management College
Maozai Tian: Renmin University of China

Computational Statistics, 2018, vol. 33, issue 4, No 1, 1563-1587

Abstract: Abstract It is very common in AIDS studies that response variable (e.g., HIV viral load) may be subject to censoring due to detection limits while covariates (e.g., CD4 cell count) may be measured with error. Failure to take censoring in response variable and measurement errors in covariates into account may introduce substantial bias in estimation and thus lead to unreliable inference. Moreover, with non-normal and/or heteroskedastic data, traditional mean regression models are not robust to tail reactions. In this case, one may find it attractive to estimate extreme causal relationship of covariates to a dependent variable, which can be suitably studied in quantile regression framework. In this paper, we consider joint inference of mixed-effects quantile regression model with right-censored responses and errors in covariates. The inverse censoring probability weighted method and the orthogonal regression method are combined to reduce the biases of estimation caused by censored data and measurement errors. Under some regularity conditions, the consistence and asymptotic normality of estimators are derived. Finally, some simulation studies are implemented and a HIV/AIDS clinical data set is analyzed to to illustrate the proposed procedure.

Keywords: Longitudinal data; Censoring; Measurement errors; Quantile regression; Joint inference (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/s00180-018-0812-0

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