Research Article

Secondary Analysis under Cohort Sampling Designs Using Conditional Likelihood

Table 1

Maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters š›¼ of the all-cause mortality model šœ† š‘– ( š‘” ) = ( š›¼ 4 / š›¼ 0 ) ( š‘” / š›¼ 0 ) š›¼ 4 āˆ’ 1 e x p { š›¼ 1 š‘ š‘– + š›¼ 2 š‘Œ š‘– + š›¼ 3 š‘ š‘– } , š›½ of the BMI model š‘Œ š‘– āˆ£ š‘‹ š‘– , š‘ š‘– , š›½ āˆ¼ š‘ ( š›½ 0 + š›½ 1 š‘ š‘– + š›½ 2 š‘ š‘– , š›½ 2 3 ) , and š›¾ , the population frequency of the simulated covariate (true value 0.25). Parameters of main interest are š›¼ 2 and š›½ 2 , which characterize the association between the simulated covariate and primary (all-cause mortality) and secondary (BMI) outcomes, respectively. The values are means and standard deviations over 1000 replications. SE stands for the standard errors of the maximum likelihood estimates.

š›¼ 3 š›½ 2 Lik. ī š›¼ 0 ī š›¼ 1 ī š›¼ 2 ī š›¼ 3 S D ( ī š›¼ 3 ) S E ( ī š›¼ 3 ) ī š›¼ 4 Ģ‚ š›½ 0 Ģ‚ š›½ 1 Ģ‚ š›½ 2 Ģ‚ š›½ S D ( 2 ) Ģ‚ š›½ S E ( 2 ) Ģ‚ š›½ 3 Ģ‚ š›¾

0.00.0 Full23.720.09 āˆ’ 0 . 0 1 āˆ’ 0 . 0 1 0.10 0.101.33 0.00 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 0.01 0.22 0.224.100.25
Cond.23.740.09 āˆ’ 0 . 0 1 0.00 0.10 0.101.33 0.00 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 0.00 0.23 0.234.17ā€”
Weightedā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€” āˆ’ 0 . 0 1 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 0.03 0.30 0.304.10ā€”
0.50.0 Full26.300.09 āˆ’ 0 . 0 1 0.49 0.09 0.091.33 0.00 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 0.01 0.22 0.214.100.25
Cond.26.330.09 āˆ’ 0 . 0 1 0.50 0.09 0.091.33 0.00 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 0.00 0.22 0.224.17ā€”
Weightedā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€” āˆ’ 0 . 0 1 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 0.03 0.30 0.304.10ā€”
0.0 0.5 Full 23.73 0.09 āˆ’ 0 . 0 1 āˆ’ 0 . 0 1 0.10 0.10 1.33 āˆ’ 0 . 1 3 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 0.53 0.25 0.234.090.25
Cond. 23.75 0.09 āˆ’ 0 . 0 1 0.00 0.10 0.10 1.33 āˆ’ 0 . 1 3 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 0.52 0.24 0.234.17ā€”
Weightedā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€” āˆ’ 0 . 1 3 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 0.53 0.31 0.314.09ā€”
0.5 0.5 Full 26.32 0.09 āˆ’ 0 . 0 2 0.49 0.09 0.09 1.33 āˆ’ 0 . 1 4 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 0.55 0.23 0.224.090.25
Cond. 26.34 0.09 āˆ’ 0 . 0 1 0.50 0.09 0.09 1.33 āˆ’ 0 . 1 4 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 0.54 0.22 0.224.17ā€”
Weightedā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€” āˆ’ 0 . 1 4 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 0.54 0.31 0.314.09ā€”
1.0 0.0 Full 29.62 0.09 āˆ’ 0 . 0 1 0.99 0.09 0.09 1.35 0.00 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 0.02 0.21 0.214.100.25
Cond. 29.64 0.09 āˆ’ 0 . 0 1 1.00 0.09 0.09 1.35 0.00 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 0.01 0.22 0.214.17ā€”
Weightedā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€” āˆ’ 0 . 0 1 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 0.03 0.29 0.294.10ā€”
0.0 1.0 Full 23.77 0.09 āˆ’ 0 . 0 1 0.00 0.10 0.10 1.33 āˆ’ 0 . 2 8 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 1.11 0.26 0.234.070.25
Cond. 23.77 0.09 āˆ’ 0 . 0 1 0.00 0.10 0.10 1.33 āˆ’ 0 . 2 7 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 1.06 0.24 0.234.15ā€”
Weightedā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€” āˆ’ 0 . 2 6 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 1.05 0.32 0.324.07ā€”
1.0 1.0 Full 29.67 0.09 āˆ’ 0 . 0 3 1.00 0.09 0.09 1.35 āˆ’ 0 . 2 9 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 1.14 0.24 0.224.070.25
Cond. 29.65 0.09 āˆ’ 0 . 0 2 1.00 0.09 0.09 1.35 āˆ’ 0 . 2 8 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 1.08 0.22 0.214.14ā€”
Weightedā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€”ā€” āˆ’ 0 . 2 7 āˆ’ 0 . 0 8 1.07 0.31 0.314.07ā€”