Regression analysis of censored data with nonignorable missing covariates and application to Alzheimer Disease

Mingyue Du, Huiqiong Li and Jianguo Sun

Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 2021, vol. 157, issue C

Abstract: In this paper, we discuss regression analysis of censored failure time data when there exist missing covariates and more specifically, we will consider interval-censored data, a general form of censored data, and the nonignorable missing. Although many methods have been proposed in the literature for censored data with missing covariates, they only apply to limited situations and it does not seem to exist an established procedure for the situation discussed here. For the analysis, we employ the semiparametric linear transformation model and develop a two-step estimation procedure. In addition, the asymptotic properties of the resulting estimators are established and a Poisson variable-based EM algorithm is provided for the implementation of the proposed estimation procedure. Finally the proposed approach is applied to an Alzheimer Disease study that motivated this investigation.

Keywords: EM algorithm; Interval-censored data; Missing covariate; Semiparametric transformation models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2020.107157

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