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Area of Science:

  • Biostatistics
  • Ophthalmology
  • Otolaryngology

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  • Bilateral correlated data from paired organs (eyes, ears) are common in ophthalmologic and otolaryngologic studies.
  • Analyzing this data requires specialized statistical models to account for the correlation between paired observations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between disease probability and covariates using logistic regression for bilateral correlated data.
  • To develop efficient algorithms and statistical tests for analyzing such data and assessing covariate impact.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed a novel minorization-maximization (MM) algorithm and a fast quadratic lower bound (QLB) algorithm for maximum likelihood estimation.
  • Developed three large-sample statistical tests: likelihood ratio test, Wald test, and score test.
  • Utilized simulation studies to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithms and tests.

Main Results:

  • The fast QLB algorithm demonstrated efficient computation of maximum likelihood estimates.
  • The three proposed tests effectively assessed the significance of covariates on disease probability.
  • The methods were successfully illustrated using a real ophthalmologic dataset from Iran.

Conclusions:

  • The developed MM and QLB algorithms provide efficient tools for analyzing bilateral correlated data.
  • The proposed statistical tests are reliable for determining covariate significance in disease probability models.
  • This research offers practical statistical solutions for ophthalmologic and otolaryngologic research involving paired organ data.