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  • Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics
  • Medical Research

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  • Observational studies face challenges with unmeasured confounding.
  • Instrumental variable analysis is a key method to address confounding.
  • Limited theoretical frameworks exist for instrumental variable analysis with censored time-to-event data.

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  • To propose a novel pseudo-observation approach for instrumental variable analysis.
  • To extend instrumental variable analysis to censored time-to-event data within competing risks frameworks.
  • To estimate survival functions, restricted mean survival time, and cumulative incidence functions.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing a pseudo-observation approach.
  • Applying generalized method of moments estimation.
  • Analyzing right-censored data in competing risks scenarios.

Main Results:

  • The proposed method allows for instrumental variable analysis of survival data.
  • The approach was illustrated using antidepressant exposure during pregnancy and autism spectrum disorder risk.
  • Simulation studies assessed the performance of the developed method.

Conclusions:

  • The pseudo-observation approach provides a viable method for instrumental variable analysis in censored time-to-event data.
  • This method can help mitigate unmeasured confounding in epidemiological and clinical research.
  • Further research and application in complex health outcomes are warranted.