4 papers
Can synthetic data reproduce real-world findings in epidemiology? A replication study using adversarial random forests
Jan Kapar, Kathrin Günther, Lori Ann Vallis +27
Synthetic data holds substantial potential to address practical challenges in epidemiology due to restricted data access and privacy concerns. However, many current methods suffer…
Overcoming Selection Bias in Statistical Studies With Amortized Bayesian Inference
Jonas Arruda, Sophie Chervet, Paula Staudt +6
Selection bias arises when the probability that an observation enters a dataset depends on variables related to the quantities of interest, leading to systematic distortions in est…
Testing similarity of competing risks models by comparing transition probabilities
Zoe Kristin Lange, Maryam Farhadizadeh, Holger Dette +1
Assessing whether two patient populations exhibit comparable event dynamics is essential for evaluating treatment equivalence, pooling data across cohorts, or comparing clinical pa…
Temporal Trends in Incidence of Dementia in a Birth Cohorts Analysis of the Framingham Heart Study
Paula Staudt, Anika Schlosser, Annika Möhl +2
Background: Dementia leads to a high burden of disability and the number of dementia patients worldwide doubled between 1990 and 2016. Nevertheless, some studies indicated a decrea…