Proportional hazards model with covariates subject to measurement error. |
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Authors: | T Nakamura |
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Institution: | School of Allied Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Japan. |
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Abstract: | When covariates of a proportional hazards model are subject to measurement error, the maximum likelihood estimates of regression coefficients based on the partial likelihood are asymptotically biased. Prentice (1982, Biometrika 69, 331-342) presents an example of such bias and suggests a modified partial likelihood. This paper applies the corrected score function method (Nakamura, 1990, Biometrika 77, 127-137) to the proportional hazards model when measurement errors are additive and normally distributed. The result allows a simple correction to the ordinary partial likelihood that yields asymptotically unbiased estimates; the validity of the correction is confirmed via a limited simulation study. |
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