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Document 0690
DOCN M9610690
TI Hazard function estimation using B-splines.
DT 9601
AU Rosenberg PS; National Cancer Institute, Epidemiologic Methods Section,;
Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA.
SO Biometrics. 1995 Sep;51(3):874-87. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96054334
AB A flexible parametric procedure is given to model the hazard function as
a linear combination of cubic B-splines and to obtain maximum likelihood
estimates from censored survival data. The approach yields smooth
estimates of the hazard and survivorship functions that are intermediate
in structure between strongly parametric and non-parametric models. A
simple method is described for selecting the number and location of
knots. Simulation results show favorable root mean square error compared
to non-parametric estimates for both the hazard and survivorship
functions. Three methods are given to calculate confidence intervals
based on the delta method, profile likelihood, and bootstrap,
respectively. The procedure is applied to estimate hazard rates for
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) following infection with human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Spline methods can accommodate complex
censoring mechanisms such as those that arise in the AIDS setting. To
illustrate, HIV infection incidence is estimated for a cohort of
hemophiliacs in which the dates of HIV infection are interval-censored
and some subjects were born after the onset of the HIV epidemic.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/MORTALITY *Biometry
Bisexuality Comparative Study Confidence Intervals Homosexuality,
Male Human HIV HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY Male
Mathematics *Models, Statistical Survival Rate Time Factors JOURNAL
ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
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