MODEL FOR A BINARY VARIABLE WITH TIME-CENSORED OBSERVATIONS
MODEL FOR A BINARY VARIABLE WITH TIME-CENSORED OBSERVATIONS
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DOI:
10.2307/2335768
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
FAREWELL, VT
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作者:
FAREWELL, VT
A binary variable can specify the incidence of a particular disease, Y = 1 or a lifetime free of the disease, Y = 0. In a study, some subjects have Y = 1 recorded at specified ages. For other subjects, with Y unknown due to incomplete follow-up, the observed follow-up time compared with the usual incidence pattern for the disease gives some information on the possibility that Y = 0. A model for this situation is proposed which combines a logistic relationship for the probability of incidence and an exponential distribution for the time of incidence. The efficiency of the model is compared with that of a logistic model with no time censoring. The behavior of a logistic model applied without considering the time censoring is also examined.