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Area of Science:

  • Biostatistics
  • Statistical Modeling
  • Longitudinal Data Analysis

Background:

  • Joint modeling of longitudinal and survival data is crucial but often limited to right-censored data.
  • Interval-censored survival data presents unique analytical challenges.
  • Existing methods lack robust variable selection for complex joint models.

Approach:

  • Proposed a novel joint model incorporating a shared frailty for dependence.
  • Utilized semiparametric linear mixed-effects and probit submodels for longitudinal and survival data, respectively.
  • Developed Bayesian variable selection using Bayesian Lasso, adaptive Lasso, and spike-and-slab priors.

Key Points:

  • The model effectively characterizes dependence between longitudinal and interval-censored survival data.
  • Bayesian variable selection methods simultaneously identify significant covariates for both response types.
  • Efficient Gibbs samplers were developed for parameter estimation and variable selection.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed joint modeling and Bayesian variable selection methods perform well in simulations.
  • The approach offers a robust framework for analyzing complex biomedical data, as demonstrated by a hypertension and cholesterol level case study.