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  • Biostatistics
  • Epidemiology
  • Statistical Genetics

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  • Case-cohort studies offer cost-effective survival analysis in large cohorts.
  • Existing methods for case-cohort data lack bi-level variable selection for structured variables.
  • Grouped and correlated variables present challenges in traditional analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel bi-level variable selection method for case-cohort data.
  • To address the selection of both group and within-group variables.
  • To accommodate diverging numbers of variables with increasing sample size.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a bi-level penalized regression approach.
  • Established asymptotic properties, including selection consistency and normality.
  • Validated through simulations and application to real-world health data.

Main Results:

  • The proposed method effectively selects non-zero group and within-group variables.
  • Demonstrated superior performance compared to existing methods in simulations.
  • Asymptotic properties confirm the reliability of the estimator.

Conclusions:

  • The bi-level selection method is a valuable tool for analyzing complex case-cohort data.
  • It improves the identification of risk factors in large-scale epidemiological studies.
  • The method provides a robust framework for structured variable selection in survival analysis.