Subgroup analysis based on structured mixed-effects models for longitudinal data

In recent years, subgroup analysis has emerged as an important tool to identify unknown subgroup memberships. However, subgroup analysis is still under-studied for longitudinal data. In this paper, we propose a structured mixed-effects approach for longitudinal data to model subgroup distribution and identify subgroup membership simultaneously. In the proposed structured mixed-effects model, the heterogeneous treatment effect is modeled as a random effect from a two-component mixture model, while the membership of the mixture model is incorporated using a logistic model with respect to some covariates. One advantage of our approach is that we are able to derive the estimation of the treatment effects through an EM-type algorithm which keeps the subgroup membership unchanged over time. Our numerical studies and real data example demonstrate that the proposed model outperforms other competing methods.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Journal of biopharmaceutical statistics - 30(2020), 4 vom: 03. Juli, Seite 607-622

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shen, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Annie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-HIV Agents
Comparative Study
EM algorithm
Heterogeneous components
Journal Article
Mixed-effects models
Mixture model
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Subgroup identification

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Date Completed 02.08.2021

Date Revised 02.08.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/10543406.2020.1730867

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM307182428