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ArticleStatistics in medicine2025

A Latent-Class Model for Time-To-Event Outcomes and High-Dimensional Imaging Data.

Jiahui Feng, Haolun Shi, Ma Da, Mirza Faisal Beg, Jiguo Cao

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Article in Statistics in medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Jiahui FengDepartment of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Haolun ShiDepartment of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Ma DaSchool of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Mirza Faisal BegSchool of Engineering, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Jiguo CaoDepartment of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7417-6330

Funding

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN-2021-02963Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN-2023-04057
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of the primary predictors of Alzheimer's disease risk, enabling the identification of patients with similar risk profiles for precision medicine treatment. Motivated by the need for flexible modeling in AD research, we propose a latent-class model that addresses the heterogeneity within study populations. This model allows for varying relationships between covariates and survival outcomes, accommodating the dynamics of AD progression. The imaging predictors are characterized by bivariate splines over triangulation to accommodate the irregular domain of the brain images. We develop a generalized expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm that combines the computational methods for logistic regression and penalized proportional hazards models to implement the proposed approach. We demonstrate the advantages of the proposed method through extensive simulation studies and provide an application to the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) study, which helps to reveal different subtypes or stages of the disease process in Alzheimer's Disease.

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Alzheimer DiseaseLatent Class AnalysisMagnetic Resonance ImagingModels, StatisticalAlgorithmsBrainComputer SimulationDisease ProgressionHumansLogistic ModelsNeuroimagingProportional Hazards Modelsfunctional principal component analysisimage analysismixture modelssurvival analysistriangulation

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PMID40662861
PMCPMC12261974

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