Jointly modeling time-to-event and longitudinal data: a Bayesian approach

Yangxin Huang (), X. Hu and Getachew Dagne

Statistical Methods & Applications, 2014, vol. 23, issue 1, 95-121

Abstract: This article explores Bayesian joint models of event times and longitudinal measures with an attempt to overcome departures from normality of the longitudinal response, measurement errors, and shortages of confidence in specifying a parametric time-to-event model. We allow the longitudinal response to have a skew distribution in the presence of measurement errors, and assume the time-to-event variable to have a nonparametric prior distribution. Posterior distributions of the parameters are attained simultaneously for inference based on Bayesian approach. An example from a recent AIDS clinical trial illustrates the methodology by jointly modeling the viral dynamics and the time to decrease in CD4/CD8 ratio in the presence of CD4 counts with measurement errors to compare potential models with various scenarios and different distribution specifications. The analysis outcome indicates that the time-varying CD4 covariate is closely related to the first-phase viral decay rate, but the time to CD4/CD8 decrease is not highly associated with either the two viral decay rates or the CD4 changing rate over time. These findings may provide some quantitative guidance to better understand the relationship of the virological and immunological responses to antiretroviral treatments. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

Keywords: Accelerated failure time model; Dirichlet process; Semiparametric linear/nonlinear mixed-effects model; Skew-elliptical distribution; Time-to-event (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s10260-013-0242-7

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