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  • Biostatistics
  • Epidemiology
  • Survival Analysis

Background:

  • Truncation is a common issue in time-to-event observational studies.
  • Existing methods often address only left or right truncation, not simultaneous double truncation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a statistical model for adjusting time-to-event data with double truncation.
  • To assess the impact of education on survival in Alzheimer's disease patients using the novel method.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed a Cox regression model utilizing a weighted estimating equation approach.
  • Weights were estimated parametrically and nonparametrically, inversely proportional to observation probability.
  • Applied bootstrap techniques for variance and confidence interval estimation in the nonparametric approach.

Main Results:

  • The weighted estimators for the hazard ratio were found to be consistent.
  • Parametric weighted estimator demonstrated asymptotic normality with a consistent variance estimator.
  • Simulations confirmed substantial bias reduction compared to unweighted Cox regression.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed weighted Cox regression model effectively adjusts for double truncation in time-to-event data.
  • This method offers improved accuracy for survival analyses in the presence of simultaneous left and right truncation.
  • The approach is applicable to real-world studies, such as analyzing Alzheimer's disease patient survival data.