Polynomial spline estimation and inference of proportional hazards regression models with flexible relative risk form

Biometrics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 793-802

  Huang, Jianhua Z ^a   Liu, Linxu ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Nonparametric regression; Partial likelihood; Proportional hazards model; Single index model; Spline

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODEL; EXPONENTIAL FORM; NON-PARAMETRIC REGRESSION; PARTIAL LIKELIHOODS; POLYNOMIAL SPLINES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODELS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS; REGRESSION MODELLING; RELATIVE RISKS; SINGLE INDEX MODELS;

POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; LUNG CANCER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETRIC TEST; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 33748791723     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2005.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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