Analysis of clustered competing risks data using subdistribution hazard models with multivariate frailties

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2488-2505

  Ha, Il Do ^a   Christian, Nicholas J ^b   Jeong, Jong Hyeon ^c   Park, Junwoo ^d   Lee, Youngjo ^d  

^a Daegu Haany University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

competing risks; hierarchical likelihood; multivariate frailty; random treatment by center interaction; subdistribution hazard

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 84995802687     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280214526193     Document Type: Article

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