Longitudinal Extension of the Win Odds for Ordinal Repeated Measurements

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Autori principali: Yongxi Long, Bart C. Jacobs, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Erik W. van Zwet
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author Yongxi Long
Bart C. Jacobs
Ewout W. Steyerberg
Erik W. van Zwet
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Bart C. Jacobs
Ewout W. Steyerberg
Erik W. van Zwet
Yongxi Long
Bart C. Jacobs
Ewout W. Steyerberg
Erik W. van Zwet
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contents Longitudinal Extension of the Win Odds for Ordinal Repeated Measurements Yongxi Long Bart C. Jacobs Ewout W. Steyerberg Erik W. van Zwet Statistics in Medicine ABSTRACT Initially proposed for analyzing composite endpoints, the win odds have recently received increasing interest for the analysis of ordinal outcomes. When comparing an ordinal outcome between two groups, the win odds are the odds that a randomly selected subject from the first group has a better outcome than a randomly selected subject from the second group. As such, the win odds are an effect size that is closely related to the Mann–Whitney U test. The win odds can be adjusted for covariates by the probabilistic index model. Here, we aim to extend this model for repeated measurements. We modify the estimation equations of the probabilistic index model to account for within‐subject correlation. Parameter estimation can be conveniently done via some data re‐structuring and the R package geepack . We implement a sandwich‐type estimator to estimate the variance‐covariance matrix. Simulations show that the estimation of the win odds is consistent and the coverage of confidence intervals is close to nominal. We provide an application by reanalyzing a neurological trial for the treatment of Guillain–Barré syndrome (SID‐GBS trial). This extension establishes the win odds as a promising summary measure to compare longitudinal ordinal outcomes. R package lwo is available on GitHub for implementing the proposed method. 10.1002/sim.70536 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Yongxi Long
Bart C. Jacobs
Ewout W. Steyerberg
Erik W. van Zwet
Statistics in Medicine
Longitudinal Extension of the Win Odds for Ordinal Repeated Measurements Yongxi Long Bart C. Jacobs Ewout W. Steyerberg Erik W. van Zwet Statistics in Medicine ABSTRACT Initially proposed for analyzing composite endpoints, the win odds have recently received increasing interest for the analysis of ordinal outcomes. When comparing an ordinal outcome between two groups, the win odds are the odds that a randomly selected subject from the first group has a better outcome than a randomly selected subject from the second group. As such, the win odds are an effect size that is closely related to the Mann–Whitney U test. The win odds can be adjusted for covariates by the probabilistic index model. Here, we aim to extend this model for repeated measurements. We modify the estimation equations of the probabilistic index model to account for within‐subject correlation. Parameter estimation can be conveniently done via some data re‐structuring and the R package geepack . We implement a sandwich‐type estimator to estimate the variance‐covariance matrix. Simulations show that the estimation of the win odds is consistent and the coverage of confidence intervals is close to nominal. We provide an application by reanalyzing a neurological trial for the treatment of Guillain–Barré syndrome (SID‐GBS trial). This extension establishes the win odds as a promising summary measure to compare longitudinal ordinal outcomes. R package lwo is available on GitHub for implementing the proposed method. 10.1002/sim.70536 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
title Longitudinal Extension of the Win Odds for Ordinal Repeated Measurements
topic Statistics in Medicine
url https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sim.70536