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  • Biostatistics
  • Epidemiology
  • Medical Informatics

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  • Chronic kidney disease (CKD) poses a significant health burden, particularly for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D).
  • Identifying comprehensive risk factors, including unobserved (latent) variables, is crucial for effective CKD management in T2D.
  • Existing models often struggle to fully capture the complex interplay of risk factors influencing disease progression.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a joint modeling framework integrating latent variables into proportional hazards models.
  • To characterize latent risk factors for failure time using exploratory factor analysis (EFA).
  • To apply the model to identify risk factors for CKD in T2D patients.

Main Methods:

  • A joint modeling approach combining proportional hazards models with latent variable analysis.
  • Utilizing exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to data-drivenly identify latent risk factors.
  • Employing a Bayesian statistical inference framework with efficient sampling methods.
  • Performance validation through simulation studies.

Main Results:

  • The proposed joint modeling approach effectively incorporates both observed and latent variables to analyze failure time data.
  • Exploratory factor analysis successfully characterized latent risk factors, offering advantages over confirmatory approaches by allowing data to determine model structure.
  • Simulations confirmed the robust performance of the developed methodology.
  • Application to CKD in T2D patients demonstrated the model's utility in identifying key risk factors.

Conclusions:

  • The joint modeling framework provides a powerful tool for understanding complex risk factor structures in disease.
  • This methodology enhances the analysis of failure time data by accounting for unobserved heterogeneity.
  • The findings offer valuable insights for risk stratification and intervention strategies in type 2 diabetes patients with chronic kidney disease.