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ArticleCommunications in statistics: Simulation and computation2023

Diagnostics for a two-stage joint survival model.

I L Singini, H G Mwambi, F N Gumedze

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Article in Communications in statistics: Simulation and computation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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I L SinginiDepartment of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
H G MwambiDepartment of Statistics, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa.
F N GumedzeDepartment of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

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HIV-associated Tuberculosis Training Program (HATTP)D43TW010559 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN · PI Graeme Ayton Meintjes · 2017 to 2026
$3.0M
Training in HIV-related Non-communicable Disease Complications in MalawiD43TW009609 · FIC · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI TAHA, TAHA E · 2013 to 2017
$1.3M
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW009609FIC NIH HHS D43 TW010559
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A two-stage joint survival model is used to analyse time to event outcomes that could be associated with biomakers that are repeatedly collected over time. A Two-stage joint survival model has limited model checking tools and is usually assessed using standard diagnostic tools for survival models. The diagnostic tools can be improved and implemented. Time-varying covariates in a two-stage joint survival model might contain outlying observations or subjects. In this study we used the variance shift outlier model (VSOM) to detect and down-weight outliers in the first stage of the two-stage joint survival model. This entails fitting a VSOM at the observation level and a VSOM at the subject level, and then fitting a combined VSOM for the identified outliers. The fitted values were then extracted from the combined VSOM which were then used as time-varying covariate in the extended Cox model. We illustrate this methodology on a dataset from a multi-centre randomised clinical trial. A multi-centre trial showed that a combined VSOM fits the data better than an extended Cox model. We noted that implementing a combined VSOM, when desired, has a better fit based on the fact that outliers are down-weighted.

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down-weightingextended Cox modeloutlier detectiontime-varying covariatetwo-stage survival modelvariance shift outlier model

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PMID37981985
PMCPMC10655958

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