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ArticleStatistical methods in medical research2018

An optimal Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test of mortality and a continuous outcome.

Roland A Matsouaka, Aneesh B Singhal, Rebecca A Betensky

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Article in Statistical methods in medical research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Roland A Matsouaka1 Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Aneesh B Singhal3 Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Rebecca A Betensky4 Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Funding

THE ROLE OF ADVANCED CAA IN ALZHEIMER'S DEMENTIAP50AG005134 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HYMAN, BRADLEY T. · 1985 to 2018
$42.1M
Duke CTSA (Composite)UL1TR001117 · NCATS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BOULWARE, LEIGH E, LI, JENNIFER S · 2013 to 2017
$41.3M
Specialized Programs of Translational Research in Acute Stroke at the PartnersP50NS051343 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI AYATA, CENK · 2006 to 2013
$17.5M
Training in Neurostatistics and NeuroepidemiologyT32NS048005 · NINDS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI ONNELA, JUKKA-PEKKA · 2004 to 2018
$3.2M
Normobaric Hyperoxia in Acute Ischemic StrokeR01NS051412 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SINGHAL, ANEESH B · 2006 to 2010
$2.1M
Statistical Methods for Complex Data in Cardiovascular DiseaseR01HL118336 · NHLBI · NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH · PI O'BRIEN, SEAN M, TSIATIS, ANASTASIOS A · 2013 to 2016
$1.5M
Statistical Methods for Analysis of Failure Time DataR01CA075971 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI BETENSKY, REBECCA A. · 2003 to 2009
$1.3M
Statistical methods for censored and dependently truncated dataR01NS094610 · NINDS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI BETENSKY, REBECCA A. · 2016 to 2019
$1.3M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001117NCI NIH HHS R01 CA075971NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL118336NIA NIH HHS P50 AG005134NINDS NIH HHS P50 NS051343NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS051412NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS094610NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS048005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We consider a two-group randomized clinical trial, where mortality affects the assessment of a follow-up continuous outcome. Using the worst-rank composite endpoint, we develop a weighted Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test statistic to analyze the data. We determine the optimal weights for the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test statistic that maximize its power. We derive a formula for its power and demonstrate its accuracy in simulations. Finally, we apply the method to data from an acute ischemic stroke clinical trial of normobaric oxygen therapy.

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MortalityRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicStatistics, NonparametricBrain IschemiaHumansOxygen Inhalation TherapyStrokecensored-by-deathcomposite endpointsMissing datamultiple endpointssurvivor biasweighted Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test

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PMID27920364
PMCPMC5393279

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