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Smooth Age-By-Covariate Interaction in Hazard Models

Angela Carollo, Jutta Gampe, Roland Rau, Marcus Ebeling; in Collaboration with Paul HC Eilers (Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands), Hein Putter (Leiden University, Medical Center, Netherlands)

Traditional hazard regression assumes relatively simple effects of covariates such as proportional or additive hazards. When continuous covariates have a nonlinear influence that varies over the age range, alternative hazard models are required.  Detailed Description