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Biostatistics 3:511-528 (2002)
© 2002 Oxford University Press

An estimator for the proportional hazards model with multiple longitudinal covariates measured with error

Xiao Song, Marie Davidian and Anastasios A. Tsiatis

Department of Statistics, Box 8203, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-8203, USA xsong{at}stat.ncsu.edu

In many longitudinal studies, it is of interest to characterize the relationship between a time-to-event (e.g. survival) and several time-dependent and time-independent covariates. Time-dependent covariates are generally observed intermittently and with error. For a single time-dependent covariate, a popular approach is to assume a joint longitudinal data–survival model, where the time-dependent covariate follows a linear mixed effects model and the hazard of failure depends on random effects and time-independent covariates via a proportional hazards relationship. Regression calibration and likelihood or Bayesian methods have been advocated for implementation; however, generalization to more than one time-dependent covariate may become prohibitive. For a single time-dependent covariate, Tsiatis and Davidian (2001) have proposed an approach that is easily implemented and does not require an assumption on the distribution of the random effects. This technique may be generalized to multiple, possibly correlated, time-dependent covariates, as we demonstrate. We illustrate the approach via simulation and by application to data from an HIV clinical trial.

Keywords: Conditional score; Measurement error; Mixed effects model; Proportional hazards model; Semiparametric; Surrogate marker


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