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For clustered longitudinal data with informative cluster sizes, standard generalized estimating equations (GEE) yield biased results. Cluster-weighted generalized estimating equations (CWGEE) and within-cluster resampling (WCR) offer unbiased estimation, with CWGEE recommended for practical application.

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Area of Science:

  • Biostatistics
  • Longitudinal Data Analysis
  • Statistical Modeling

Background:

  • Clustered longitudinal data involve repeated measurements within subjects, often exhibiting informative cluster sizes (e.g., number of teeth per patient).
  • Traditional methods like generalized estimating equations (GEE) can produce invalid inferences when cluster size influences outcome distribution.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate and compare the performance of GEE, within-cluster resampling (WCR), and cluster-weighted generalized estimating equations (CWGEE) for marginal linear models with clustered longitudinal data.
  • To identify robust statistical methods that provide unbiased estimation in the presence of informative cluster sizes.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis of GEE, WCR, and CWGEE using simulations and theoretical calculations.
  • Investigation of statistical properties, including confidence interval accuracy via probability-probability plots.
  • Application to a real-world periodontal disease dataset.

Main Results:

  • GEE estimators are biased when cluster size is informative.
  • Both WCR and CWGEE provide unbiased parameter estimation across various working correlation structures.
  • CWGEE demonstrates comparable parameter estimates and test statistics to WCR without requiring Monte Carlo computations.

Conclusions:

  • CWGEE is the recommended method for marginal parametric inference with clustered longitudinal data, especially when cluster size is informative.
  • CWGEE offers unbiasedness and desirable power properties for Wald tests, outperforming GEE.
  • The study highlights the limitations of GEE and the advantages of CWGEE in specific clustered data scenarios.