Estimating twin concordance for bivariate competing risks twin data

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1193-1204

  Scheike, ThomasH ^a   Holst, KlausK ^a   Hjelmborg, JacobB ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Casewise concordance; Concordance function; Cumulative incidence probability; Multivariate competing risks; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COVARIANCE; DEATH; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PROBABILITY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWINS;

CASEWISE CONCORDANCE; CONCORDANCE FUNCTION; CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE PROBABILITY; MULTIVARIATE COMPETING RISKS; TWINS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; RISK; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84896720959     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.6016     Document Type: Article

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