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ArticleStatistical methods in medical research2025

Bayesian inference for nonlinear mixed-effects location scale and interval-censoring cure-survival models: An application to pregnancy miscarriage.

Danilo Alvares, Cristian Meza, Rolando De la Cruz

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Article in Statistical methods in medical research, 2025. 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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Danilo AlvaresMRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3764-0397
Cristian MezaINGEMAT-CIMFAV, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaiso, Chile.
Rolando De la CruzFaculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Penalolen, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-1415-1809

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Motivated by a pregnancy miscarriage study, we propose a Bayesian joint model for longitudinal and time-to-event outcomes that takes into account different complexities of the problem. In particular, the longitudinal process is modeled by means of a nonlinear specification with subject-specific error variance. In addition, the exact time of fetal death is unknown, and a subgroup of women is not susceptible to miscarriage. Hence, we model the survival process via a mixture cure model for interval-censored data. Finally, both processes are linked through the subject-specific longitudinal mean and variance. A simulation study is conducted in order to validate our joint model. In the real application, we use individual weighted and Cox-Snell residuals to assess the goodness-of-fit of our proposal versus a joint model that shares only the subject-specific longitudinal mean (standard approach). In addition, the leave-one-out cross-validation criterion is applied to compare the predictive ability of both models.

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Abortion, SpontaneousNonlinear DynamicsBayes TheoremComputer SimulationFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesModels, StatisticalPregnancySurvival AnalysisJoint modelslongitudinal datamixed-effects location scalethree-parameter logistic modeltime-to-event

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