A joint model for longitudinal continuous and time-to-event outcomes with direct marginal interpretation

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 572-588

  Efendi, Achmad ^a   Molenberghs, Geert ^a,b   Njagi, Edmund Njeru ^b   Dendale, Paul ^c  

^a KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c JESSA HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Combined model; Frailty; Joint model; Linear mixed model; Marginalization; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

BIVARIATE; COMBINED MODELING; FRAILTY; JOINT MODELS; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; MARGINALIZATION; MEASUREMENTS OF; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; OVERDISPERSION; TIME TO EVENTS;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMBINED MODEL; COMET ASSAY; FRAILTY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; JOINT MODEL; LINEAR MIXED MODEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARGINALIZATION; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

COMBINED MODEL; FRAILTY; JOINT MODEL; LINEAR MIXED MODEL; MARGINALIZATION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; COMET ASSAY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RATS;

EID: 84880012299     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201200159     Document Type: Article

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