Abstract
Background: Focus of this work was on evaluating the prognostic accuracy of two approaches for modelling binary longitudinal outcomes, a generalized Estimating Equation (gEE) and a likelihood based method, Marginalized Transition Model (MTM), in which a transition model is combined with a marginal generalized linear model describing the average response as a function of measured predictors.
Methods: a retrospective study on cardiovascular patients and a prospective study on sciatic pain were used to evaluate discrimination by computing the area under the receiver-operating-characteristics curve, (auc), the Integrated discrimination Improvement (IdI) and the net reclassification Improvement (nrI) at different time occasions. calibration was also evaluated. a simulation study was run in order to compare model’s performance in a context of a perfect knowledge of the data generating mechanism.
Results: similar regression coefficients estimates and comparable calibration were obtained; an higher discrimination level for MTM was observed. no significant differences in calibration and MsE (Mean square Error) emerged in the simulation study; MTM higher discrimination level was confirmed.
ConclusIons: The choice of the regression approach should depend on the scientific question being addressed: whether the overall population-average and calibration are the objectives of interest, or the subject-specific patterns and discrimination. Moreover, some recently proposed discrimination indices are useful in evaluating predictive accuracy also in a context of longitudinal studies.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-14 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Area Under the Receiver-Operating-Characteristics curve (AUC)
- Generalized Estimating Equation (GEE)
- Integrated Discrimination Improvement (IDI)
- Longitudinal binary data
- Marginalized Transition Model (MTM)
- Net Reclassification Improvement (NRI)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology
- Health Policy
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Community and Home Care