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ArticleStatistics in medicine2018

Investigation of 2-stage meta-analysis methods for joint longitudinal and time-to-event data through simulation and real data application.

Maria Sudell, Catrin Tudur Smith, François Gueyffier, Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona

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Article in Statistics in medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Maria SudellDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7919-4981
Catrin Tudur SmithDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
François GueyffierCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lyon, Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9921-0977
Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-DonaDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3886-6208

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Medical Research Council MC_PC_13042Medical Research Council MR/K006665/1Medical Research Council MR/M013227/1
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Abstract

backgroundJoint modelling of longitudinal and time-to-event data is often preferred over separate longitudinal or time-to-event analyses as it can account for study dropout, error in longitudinally measured covariates, and correlation between longitudinal and time-to-event outcomes. The joint modelling literature focuses mainly on the analysis of single studies with no methods currently available for the meta-analysis of joint model estimates from multiple studies.

methodsWe propose a 2-stage method for meta-analysis of joint model estimates. These methods are applied to the INDANA dataset to combine joint model estimates of systolic blood pressure with time to death, time to myocardial infarction, and time to stroke. Results are compared to meta-analyses of separate longitudinal or time-to-event models. A simulation study is conducted to contrast separate versus joint analyses over a range of scenarios.

resultsUsing the real dataset, similar results were obtained by using the separate and joint analyses. However, the simulation study indicated a benefit of use of joint rather than separate methods in a meta-analytic setting where association exists between the longitudinal and time-to-event outcomes.

conclusionsWhere evidence of association between longitudinal and time-to-event outcomes exists, results from joint models over standalone analyses should be pooled in 2-stage meta-analyses.

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Longitudinal StudiesMeta-Analysis as TopicModels, StatisticalBiometryBlood PressureComputer SimulationHumansMortalityMyocardial InfarctionStrokeTime Factorsjoint modellongitudinalmeta-analysissimulationtime-to-event

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PMID29250814
PMCPMC5887954

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