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Analysis of multiple survival events in generalized case-cohort designs.

ABSTRACT: Generalized case-cohort design has been proposed to assess the effects of exposures on survival outcomes when measuring exposures is expensive and events are not rare in the cohort. In such design, expensive exposure information is collected from both a (stratified) randomly selected subcohort and a subset of individuals with events. In this article, we consider extension of such design to study multiple types of survival events by selecting a proportion of cases for each type of event. We propose a general weighting scheme to analyze data. Furthermore, we examine the optimal choice of weights and show that this optimal weighting yields much improved efficiency gain both asymptotically and in simulation studies. Finally, we apply our proposed methods to data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.

SUBMITTER: Kim S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6328348 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

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Analysis of multiple survival events in generalized case-cohort designs.

Kim Soyoung S Zeng Donglin D Cai Jianwen J

Biometrics 20180710 4

Generalized case-cohort design has been proposed to assess the effects of exposures on survival outcomes when measuring exposures is expensive and events are not rare in the cohort. In such design, expensive exposure information is collected from both a (stratified) randomly selected subcohort and a subset of individuals with events. In this article, we consider extension of such design to study multiple types of survival events by selecting a proportion of cases for each type of event. We propo ...[more]

PMID: 29992545

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