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The University of Michigan Department of Biostatistics Working Paper Series
B-splines; Cox regression; Generalized cross validation; Marker events; Nonparametric regression; Survival Analysis; Time-dependent covariates
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A Varying-Coefficient Cox Model For The Effect Of Age At A Marker Event On Age At Menopause, Bin Nan, Xihong Lin, Lynda D. Lisabeth, Sioban D. Harlow
A Varying-Coefficient Cox Model For The Effect Of Age At A Marker Event On Age At Menopause, Bin Nan, Xihong Lin, Lynda D. Lisabeth, Sioban D. Harlow
The University of Michigan Department of Biostatistics Working Paper Series
. It is of recent interest in reproductive health research to investigate the validity of a marker event for the onset of menopausal transition and to estimate age at menopause using age at the marker event. We propose a varying coefficient Cox model to investigate the association between age at a marker event, denned as a specific bleeding pattern change, and age at menopause, where both events are subject to censoring and their association varies with age at the marker event. Estimation proceeds using the regression spline method. The proposed method is applied to the Tremin Trust Data to evaluate …