Bayesian semiparametric modeling for matched case-control studies with multiple disease states. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We present a Bayesian approach to analyze matched "case-control" data with multiple disease states. The probability of disease development is described by a multinomial logistic regression model. The exposure distribution depends on the disease state and could vary across strata. In such a model, the number of stratum effect parameters grows in direct proportion to the sample size leading to inconsistent MLEs for the parameters of interest even when one uses a retrospective conditional likelihood. We adopt a semiparametric Bayesian framework instead, assuming a Dirichlet process prior with a mixing normal distribution on the distribution of the stratum effects. We also account for possible missingness in the exposure variable in our model. The actual estimation is carried out through a Markov chain Monte Carlo numerical integration scheme. The proposed methodology is illustrated through simulation and an example of a matched study on low birth weight of newborns (Hosmer, D. A. and Lemeshow, S., 2000, Applied Logistic Regression) with two possible disease groups matched with a control group.

published proceedings

  • Biometrics

author list (cited authors)

  • Sinha, S., Mukherjee, B., & Ghosh, M.

citation count

  • 16

complete list of authors

  • Sinha, Samiran||Mukherjee, Bhramar||Ghosh, Malay

publication date

  • March 2004

publisher