An autoregressive linear mixed effects model for the analysis of longitudinal data which show profiles approaching asymptotes

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2113-2130

  Funatogawa, Ikuko ^a   Funatogawa, Takashi ^b   Ohashi, Yasuo ^c  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Chugai Clinical Research Center Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymptotes; Autoregressive model; Covariance structure; Dose modification; Effects model; Linear mixed; Longitudinal data

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCITRIOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECEPTORS, FC;

EID: 34047204253     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2670     Document Type: Article

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