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Multiple imputation for joint modelling of longitudinal and survival data with censored covariates

Abstract Number:

2850

Submission Type:

Contributed Abstract

Contributed Abstract Type:

Paper

Participants:

Yilin Wu (1), Liming Xiang (2)

Institutions:

(1) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, (2) Nanyang Technological University, N/A

Co-Author:

Liming Xiang
Nanyang Technological University

First Author:

Yilin Wu
Nanyang Technological University

Presenting Author:

Yilin Wu
N/A

Abstract Text:

Time-to-event data and longitudinal data are often encountered in medical studies in which longitudinal biomarkers may be highly correlated to time to event. Joint modeling analysis is a common strategy to evaluate the association between the longitudinal marker and occurrence of the event over time and thus to better assess the covariate effects. Challenges arise in the joint analysis when some covariates are subject to detection limits. To this end, we propose a flexible multiple imputation method to deal with such fixed censored covariates in joint modeling. Our proposed method utilizes the information from the fully observed covariates and the two types of outcomes to impute the censored covariates iteratively using rejection sampling. This approach ensures compatibility with the substantive joint models and significantly enhances estimation efficiency. We demonstrate its promising performance through simulation studies. To underscore its practical utility, we apply the method to the data from a study on community-acquired pneumonia.

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Sponsors:

Biometrics Section

Tracks:

Survival Analysis

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