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  • Biostatistics
  • Epidemiology
  • Longitudinal Data Analysis

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  • Traditional survival analysis uses continuous time, which may not suit discrete data.
  • Discrete-time data requires specialized analysis for relevance.
  • Longitudinal covariates in survival analysis often suffer from missingness and mismeasurement due to intermittent follow-ups.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel method for discrete-time survival analysis.
  • To address challenges of missing and mismeasured longitudinal covariates.
  • To provide a robust approach for both single event and competing risks analyses.

Main Methods:

  • The sufficient discrete hazard (SDH) approach is introduced.
  • Employs conditional scores for mismeasured covariates.
  • Utilizes penalized least squares with regression splines for missing covariate estimation.

Main Results:

  • The SDH method is developed for logistic discrete hazard models (single event) and multinomial logit models (competing risks).
  • Simulation studies demonstrate good finite-sample performance of the proposed estimator.
  • The associated asymptotic theory supports the method's validity.

Conclusions:

  • The SDH approach offers a robust solution for discrete-time survival analysis with complex covariate data.
  • The method is applicable to real-world scenarios, as illustrated by the scleroderma lung study.
  • This work enhances the analytical capabilities for time-to-event data collected on a discrete scale.