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A flexible, computationally efficient method for fitting the proportional hazards model to interval-censored data

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  • Lianming Wang
  • Christopher S. McMahan
  • Michael G. Hudgens
  • Zaina P. Qureshi

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type="main" xml:lang="en"> The proportional hazards model (PH) is currently the most popular regression model for analyzing time-to-event data. Despite its popularity, the analysis of interval-censored data under the PH model can be challenging using many available techniques. This article presents a new method for analyzing interval-censored data under the PH model. The proposed approach uses a monotone spline representation to approximate the unknown nondecreasing cumulative baseline hazard function. Formulating the PH model in this fashion results in a finite number of parameters to estimate while maintaining substantial modeling flexibility. A novel expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm is developed for finding the maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters. The derivation of the EM algorithm relies on a two-stage data augmentation involving latent Poisson random variables. The resulting algorithm is easy to implement, robust to initialization, enjoys quick convergence, and provides closed-form variance estimates. The performance of the proposed regression methodology is evaluated through a simulation study, and is further illustrated using data from a large population-based randomized trial designed and sponsored by the United States National Cancer Institute.

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  • Lianming Wang & Christopher S. McMahan & Michael G. Hudgens & Zaina P. Qureshi, 2016. "A flexible, computationally efficient method for fitting the proportional hazards model to interval-censored data," Biometrics, The International Biometric Society, vol. 72(1), pages 222-231, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:biomet:v:72:y:2016:i:1:p:222-231
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