title: Multistate models in survival analysis: a study of nephropathy and mortality in diabetes.
abstract: How an analysis of a multistate model for survival data may compare with an ordinary survival analysis is discussed. A study of mortality and incidence of nephropathy in insulin dependent diabetes is used as illustration. Proportional hazards regression models with time-dependent covariates and regression models for relative mortality are used for the transition intensities. Alternative basic time scales are also considered.
authors.affiliation: Statistical Research Unit, Copenhagen N, Denmark.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis