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  • Longitudinal data analysis
  • Biostatistics

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  • Structural Nested Mean Models (SNMMs) and G-estimation are used for causal inference in longitudinal studies with time-varying treatments.
  • These methods assume no unmeasured confounding, an untestable assumption that can lead to biased estimates.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the sensitivity of G-estimators for SNMMs to unmeasured confounding.
  • To develop and validate adjusted G-estimators that are consistent under bias modeling for unmeasured confounding.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a bias function to quantify the impact of unmeasured confounding on average potential outcomes.
  • Derived adjusted G-estimators for coarse SNMM parameters.
  • Proved the consistency of the adjusted estimators under specified bias models.

Main Results:

  • The adjusted G-estimators demonstrate consistency under bias modeling for unmeasured confounding.
  • Sensitivity analysis was performed for the effect of ART initiation on CD4 count in HIV patients.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed adjusted G-estimators offer a method to improve causal effect estimation in the presence of unmeasured confounding.
  • This approach enhances the reliability of findings from observational studies, such as the impact of ART on HIV progression.