In this article, we propose a parametric model for the distribution of time to first event when events are overdispersed and can be properly fitted by a Negative Binomial distribution. This is a very common situation in medical statistics, when the occurrence of events is summarized as a count for each patient and the simple Poisson model is not adequate to account for overdispersion of data. In this situation, studying the time of occurrence of the first event can be of interest. From the Negative Binomial distribution of counts, we derive a new parametric model for time to first event and apply it to fit the distribution of time to first relapse in Multipe Sclerosis. We develop the regression model with methods for covariate estimation. We show that, as the Negative Binomial model properly fits relapse counts data, this new model matches quite perfectly the distribution of time to first relapse, as tested in two large datasets of Multiple Sclerosis patients. Finally we compare its performance, when fitting time to first relapse in Multiple Sclerosis, with other models widely used in survival analysis (the semiparametric Cox model and the parametric exponential, Weibull, log-logistic and log-normal models)

A parametric model fitting time to first event for overdispersed data: application to time to relapse in Multiple Sclerosis / Siri, Paola; Henninger, E.; Sormani, M. P.. - In: LIFETIME DATA ANALYSIS. - ISSN 1380-7870. - STAMPA. - 18:2(2012), pp. 139-156. [10.1007/s10985-011-9207-z]

A parametric model fitting time to first event for overdispersed data: application to time to relapse in Multiple Sclerosis

SIRI, PAOLA;
2012

Abstract

In this article, we propose a parametric model for the distribution of time to first event when events are overdispersed and can be properly fitted by a Negative Binomial distribution. This is a very common situation in medical statistics, when the occurrence of events is summarized as a count for each patient and the simple Poisson model is not adequate to account for overdispersion of data. In this situation, studying the time of occurrence of the first event can be of interest. From the Negative Binomial distribution of counts, we derive a new parametric model for time to first event and apply it to fit the distribution of time to first relapse in Multipe Sclerosis. We develop the regression model with methods for covariate estimation. We show that, as the Negative Binomial model properly fits relapse counts data, this new model matches quite perfectly the distribution of time to first relapse, as tested in two large datasets of Multiple Sclerosis patients. Finally we compare its performance, when fitting time to first relapse in Multiple Sclerosis, with other models widely used in survival analysis (the semiparametric Cox model and the parametric exponential, Weibull, log-logistic and log-normal models)
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