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ArticleBiometrika2024

Maximum likelihood estimation for semiparametric regression models with interval-censored multistate data.

Yu Gu, Donglin Zeng, Gerardo Heiss, D Y Lin

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Article in Biometrika, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Yu GuDepartment of Statistics and Actuarial Science, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
Donglin ZengDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
Gerardo HeissDepartment of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 137 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
D Y LinDepartment of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3101E McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0150-3115

Funding

STATISTICAL ISSUES IN AIDS RESEARCHR37AI029168 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI JAMES P HUGHES · 1999 to 2026
$9.8M
Semiparametric Analysis of Big Censored DataR01HL149683 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LIN, DANYU · 2020 to 2023
$1.9M
Semiparametric Regression Analysis of Interval-Censored Data in Current Cohort StudiesR01HL173128 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Donglin Zeng · 2024 to 2026
$1.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL149683NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL173128NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI029168
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interval-censored multistate data arise in many studies of chronic diseases, where the health status of a subject can be characterized by a finite number of disease states and the transition between any two states is only known to occur over a broad time interval. We relate potentially time-dependent covariates to multistate processes through semiparametric proportional intensity models with random effects. We study nonparametric maximum likelihood estimation under general interval censoring and develop a stable expectation-maximization algorithm. We show that the resulting parameter estimators are consistent and that the finite-dimensional components are asymptotically normal with a covariance matrix that attains the semiparametric efficiency bound and can be consistently estimated through profile likelihood. In addition, we demonstrate through extensive simulation studies that the proposed numerical and inferential procedures perform well in realistic settings. Finally, we provide an application to a major epidemiologic cohort study.

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EM algorithmMultistate modelNonparametric likelihoodProportional intensityRandom effectSemiparametric efficiencyTime-dependent covariateTransition probability

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PMID39239267
PMCPMC11373756

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