Penalized full likelihood approach to variable selection for Cox’s regression model under nested case–control sampling

Jie-Huei Wang (), Chun-Hao Pan (), I-Shou Chang () and Chao Agnes Hsiung ()
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Jie-Huei Wang: National Health Research Institutes
Chun-Hao Pan: Academia Sinica
I-Shou Chang: National Health Research Institutes
Chao Agnes Hsiung: National Health Research Institutes

Lifetime Data Analysis: An International Journal Devoted to Statistical Methods and Applications for Time-to-Event Data, 2020, vol. 26, issue 2, No 4, 292-314

Abstract: Abstract Assuming Cox’s regression model, we consider penalized full likelihood approach to conduct variable selection under nested case–control (NCC) sampling. Penalized non-parametric maximum likelihood estimates (PNPMLEs) are characterized by self-consistency equations derived from score functions. A cross-validation method based on profile likelihood is used to choose the tuning parameter within a family of penalty functions. Simulation studies indicate that the numerical performance of (P)NPMLE is better than weighted partial likelihood in estimating the log-relative risk and in identifying the covariates and the model, under NCC sampling. LASSO performs best when cohort size is small; SCAD performs best when cohort size is large and may eventually perform as well as the oracle estimator. Using the SCAD penalty, we establish the consistency, asymptotic normality, and oracle properties of the PNPMLE, as well as the sparsity property of the penalty. We also propose a consistent estimate of the asymptotic variance using observed profile likelihood. Our method is illustrated to analyze the diagnosis of liver cancer among those in a type 2 diabetic mellitus dataset who were treated with thiazolidinediones in Taiwan.

Keywords: Nested case–control sampling; Oracle property; PNPMLE; SCAD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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