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Causal inference with cross-temporal design. 跨时间设计的因果推理。

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Biometrics Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/biomtc/ujae163

Yi Cao, Pedro L Gozalo, Roee Gutman

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Change surface regression for nonlinear subgroup identification with application to warfarin pharmacogenomics data. 变化面回归非线性亚群识别在华法林药物基因组学数据中的应用。

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Biometrics Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/biomtc/ujae169

Pan Liu, Yaguang Li, Jialiang Li

{"title":"Change surface regression for nonlinear subgroup identification with application to warfarin pharmacogenomics data.","authors":"Pan Liu, Yaguang Li, Jialiang Li","doi":"10.1093/biomtc/ujae169","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biomtc/ujae169","url":null,"abstract":"Pharmacogenomics stands as a pivotal driver toward personalized medicine, aiming to optimize drug efficacy while minimizing adverse effects by uncovering the impact of genetic variations on inter-individual outcome variability. Despite its promise, the intricate landscape of drug metabolism introduces complexity, where the correlation between drug response and genes can be shaped by numerous nongenetic factors, often exhibiting heterogeneity across diverse subpopulations. This challenge is particularly pronounced in datasets such as the International Warfarin Pharmacogenetic Consortium (IWPC), which encompasses diverse patient information from multiple nations. To capture the between-patient heterogeneity in dosing requirement, we formulate a novel change surface model as a model-based approach for multiple subgroup identification in complex datasets. A key feature of our approach is its ability to accommodate nonlinear subgroup divisions, providing a clearer understanding of dynamic drug-gene associations. Furthermore, our model effectively handles high-dimensional data through a doubly penalized approach, ensuring both interpretability and adaptability. We propose an iterative 2-stage method that combines a change point detection technique in the first stage with a smoothed local adaptive majorize-minimization algorithm for surface regression in the second stage. Performance of the proposed methods is evaluated through extensive numerical studies. Application of our method to the IWPC dataset leads to significant new findings, where 3 subgroups subject to different pharmacogenomic relationships are identified, contributing valuable insights into the complex dynamics of drug-gene associations in patients.","PeriodicalId":8930,"journal":{"name":"Biometrics","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142999226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Weighted Q-learning for optimal dynamic treatment regimes with nonignorable missing covariates. 带不可忽略缺失协变量的最优动态治疗方案加权q学习。

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Biometrics Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/biomtc/ujae161

Jian Sun, Bo Fu, Li Su

{"title":"Weighted Q-learning for optimal dynamic treatment regimes with nonignorable missing covariates.","authors":"Jian Sun, Bo Fu, Li Su","doi":"10.1093/biomtc/ujae161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/biomtc/ujae161","url":null,"abstract":"Dynamic treatment regimes (DTRs) formalize medical decision-making as a sequence of rules for different stages, mapping patient-level information to recommended treatments. In practice, estimating an optimal DTR using observational data from electronic medical record (EMR) databases can be complicated by nonignorable missing covariates resulting from informative monitoring of patients. Since complete case analysis can provide consistent estimation of outcome model parameters under the assumption of outcome-independent missingness, Q-learning is a natural approach to accommodating nonignorable missing covariates. However, the backward induction algorithm used in Q-learning can introduce challenges, as nonignorable missing covariates at later stages can result in nonignorable missing pseudo-outcomes at earlier stages, leading to suboptimal DTRs, even if the longitudinal outcome variables are fully observed. To address this unique missing data problem in DTR settings, we propose 2 weighted Q-learning approaches where inverse probability weights for missingness of the pseudo-outcomes are obtained through estimating equations with valid nonresponse instrumental variables or sensitivity analysis. The asymptotic properties of the weighted Q-learning estimators are derived, and the finite-sample performance of the proposed methods is evaluated and compared with alternative methods through extensive simulation studies. Using EMR data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care database, we apply the proposed methods to investigate the optimal fluid strategy for sepsis patients in intensive care units.","PeriodicalId":8930,"journal":{"name":"Biometrics","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142943773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Jointly modeling means and variances for nonlinear mixed effects models with measurement errors and outliers. 具有测量误差和异常值的非线性混合效应模型的均值和方差联合建模。

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Biometrics Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/biomtc/ujaf018

Qian Ye, Lang Wu, Viviane Dias Lima

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Penalized G-estimation for effect modifier selection in a structural nested mean model for repeated outcomes. 在重复结果的结构嵌套平均模型中对效果修饰符选择的惩罚g估计。

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Biometrics Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/biomtc/ujae165

Ajmery Jaman, Guanbo Wang, Ashkan Ertefaie, Michèle Bally, Renée Lévesque, Robert W Platt, Mireille E Schnitzer

{"title":"Penalized G-estimation for effect modifier selection in a structural nested mean model for repeated outcomes.","authors":"Ajmery Jaman, Guanbo Wang, Ashkan Ertefaie, Michèle Bally, Renée Lévesque, Robert W Platt, Mireille E Schnitzer","doi":"10.1093/biomtc/ujae165","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biomtc/ujae165","url":null,"abstract":"Effect modification occurs when the impact of the treatment on an outcome varies based on the levels of other covariates known as effect modifiers. Modeling these effect differences is important for etiological goals and for purposes of optimizing treatment. Structural nested mean models (SNMMs) are useful causal models for estimating the potentially heterogeneous effect of a time-varying exposure on the mean of an outcome in the presence of time-varying confounding. A data-adaptive selection approach is necessary if the effect modifiers are unknown a priori and need to be identified. Although variable selection techniques are available for estimating the conditional average treatment effects using marginal structural models or for developing optimal dynamic treatment regimens, all of these methods consider a single end-of-follow-up outcome. In the context of an SNMM for repeated outcomes, we propose a doubly robust penalized G-estimator for the causal effect of a time-varying exposure with a simultaneous selection of effect modifiers and prove the oracle property of our estimator. We conduct a simulation study for the evaluation of its performance in finite samples and verification of its double-robustness property. Our work is motivated by the study of hemodiafiltration for treating patients with end-stage renal disease at the Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal. We apply the proposed method to investigate the effect heterogeneity of dialysis facility on the repeated session-specific hemodiafiltration outcomes.","PeriodicalId":8930,"journal":{"name":"Biometrics","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142999234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Regression to the mean for bivariate distributions. 二元分布的均值回归。

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Biometrics Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/biomtc/ujaf033

Manzoor Khan, Jake Olivier

{"title":"Regression to the mean for bivariate distributions.","authors":"Manzoor Khan, Jake Olivier","doi":"10.1093/biomtc/ujaf033","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biomtc/ujaf033","url":null,"abstract":"Regression to the mean is said to have occurred when subjects having relatively high or low measurements are remeasured closer to the population mean. This phenomenon can influence the conclusion about the effectiveness of a treatment in a pre-post study design. The mean difference of the pre- and post-variables, conditioned on the initial variable being above or below a cut-point, is the sum of regression to the mean and treatment effects. Expressions for regression to the mean are available for the bivariate normal distribution under restrictive assumptions, and for the bivariate Poisson and binomial distributions, more generally. This article derives expressions for regression to the mean for any bivariate distribution while making fewer restrictive assumptions than previous methods. Maximum likelihood estimators are derived, and the unbiasedness, consistency, and asymptotic normality of these estimators are shown for exponential families, where possible. Data on the cholesterol levels in men aged 35-39 are used for decomposing the conditional mean difference in cholesterol level on pre-post occasions into regression to the mean and treatment effects. In another example, data on diastolic blood pressure for 341 patients are used to demonstrate the fraction of change due to regression to the mean and the treatment effects, respectively.","PeriodicalId":8930,"journal":{"name":"Biometrics","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143699241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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High-dimensional partially linear functional Cox models. 高维部分线性泛函Cox模型。

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Biometrics Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/biomtc/ujae164

Xin Chen, Hua Liu, Jiaqi Men, Jinhong You

{"title":"High-dimensional partially linear functional Cox models.","authors":"Xin Chen, Hua Liu, Jiaqi Men, Jinhong You","doi":"10.1093/biomtc/ujae164","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biomtc/ujae164","url":null,"abstract":"As a commonly employed method for analyzing time-to-event data involving functional predictors, the functional Cox model assumes a linear relationship between the functional principal component (FPC) scores of the functional predictors and the hazard rates. However, in practical scenarios, such as our study on the survival time of kidney transplant recipients, this assumption often fails to hold. To address this limitation, we introduce a class of high-dimensional partially linear functional Cox models, which accommodates the non-linear effects of functional predictors on the response and allows for diverging numbers of scalar predictors and FPCs as the sample size increases. We employ the group smoothly clipped absolute deviation method to select relevant scalar predictors and FPCs, and use B-splines to obtain a smoothed estimate of the non-linear effect. The finite sample performance of the estimates is evaluated through simulation studies. The model is also applied to a kidney transplant dataset, allowing us to make inferences about the non-linear effects of functional predictors on patients' hazard rates, as well as to identify significant scalar predictors for long-term survival time.","PeriodicalId":8930,"journal":{"name":"Biometrics","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142977394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Gaussian processes for time series with lead-lag effects with applications to biology data. 超前滞后效应时间序列的高斯过程及其在生物数据中的应用。

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Biometrics Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/biomtc/ujae156

Wancen Mu, Jiawen Chen, Eric S Davis, Kathleen Reed, Douglas Phanstiel, Michael I Love, Didong Li

{"title":"Gaussian processes for time series with lead-lag effects with applications to biology data.","authors":"Wancen Mu, Jiawen Chen, Eric S Davis, Kathleen Reed, Douglas Phanstiel, Michael I Love, Didong Li","doi":"10.1093/biomtc/ujae156","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biomtc/ujae156","url":null,"abstract":"Investigating the relationship, particularly the lead-lag effect, between time series is a common question across various disciplines, especially when uncovering biological processes. However, analyzing time series presents several challenges. Firstly, due to technical reasons, the time points at which observations are made are not at uniform intervals. Secondly, some lead-lag effects are transient, necessitating time-lag estimation based on a limited number of time points. Thirdly, external factors also impact these time series, requiring a similarity metric to assess the lead-lag relationship. To counter these issues, we introduce a model grounded in the Gaussian process, affording the flexibility to estimate lead-lag effects for irregular time series. In addition, our method outputs dissimilarity scores, thereby broadening its applications to include tasks such as ranking or clustering multiple pairwise time series when considering their strength of lead-lag effects with external factors. Crucially, we offer a series of theoretical proofs to substantiate the validity of our proposed kernels and the identifiability of kernel parameters. Our model demonstrates advances in various simulations and real-world applications, particularly in the study of dynamic chromatin interactions, compared to other leading methods.","PeriodicalId":8930,"journal":{"name":"Biometrics","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11704948/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142943771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Feature screening for metric space-valued responses based on Fréchet regression with its applications. 基于frsamet回归的度量空间值响应特征筛选及其应用。

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Biometrics Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/biomtc/ujaf007

Bing Tian, Jian Kang, Wei Zhong

{"title":"Feature screening for metric space-valued responses based on Fréchet regression with its applications.","authors":"Bing Tian, Jian Kang, Wei Zhong","doi":"10.1093/biomtc/ujaf007","DOIUrl":"10.1093/biomtc/ujaf007","url":null,"abstract":"In various applications, we need to handle more general types of responses, such as distributional data and matrix-valued data, rather than a scalar variable. When the dimension of predictors is ultrahigh, it is necessarily important to identify the relevant predictors for such complex types of responses. For example, in our Alzheimer's disease neuroimaging study, we need to select the relevant single nucleotide polymorphisms out of 582 591 candidates for the distribution of voxel-level intensities in each of 42 brain regions. To this end, we propose a new sure independence screening (SIS) procedure for general metric space-valued responses based on global Fréchet regression, termed as Fréchet-SIS. The marginal general residual sum of squares is utilized to serve as a marginal utility for evaluating the importance of predictors, where only a distance between data objects is needed. We theoretically show that the proposed Fréchet-SIS procedure enjoys the sure screening property under mild regularity conditions. Monte Carlo simulations are conducted to demonstrate its excellent finite-sample performance. In Alzheimer's disease neuroimaging study, we identify important genes that correlate with brain activity across different stages of the disease and brain regions. In addition, we also include an economic case study to illustrate our proposal.","PeriodicalId":8930,"journal":{"name":"Biometrics","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143397821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Instrumental variable estimation of complier casual treatment effects with interval-censored competing risks data. 区间剔除竞争风险数据下编译器随机治疗效果的工具变量估计。

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Biometrics Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/biomtc/ujaf010

Yichen Lou, Yuqing Ma, Jianguo Sun, Peijie Wang, Zhisheng Ye

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