title: Weighted comparison of two cumulative incidence functions with R-CIFsmry package.
abstract: In this paper we propose a class of flexible weight functions for use in comparison of two cumulative incidence functions. The proposed weights allow the users to focus their comparison on an early or a late time period post treatment or to treat all time points with equal emphasis. These weight functions can be used to compare two cumulative incidence functions via their risk difference, their relative risk, or their odds ratio. The proposed method has been implemented in the R-CIFsmry package which is readily available for download and is easy to use as illustrated in the example.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
authors.forename: Jianing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. Electronic address: jlerade@mcw.edu.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Le-Rademacher
authors.affiliation: Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
authors.forename: Mei-Jie
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D015897:Comorbidity; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D015994:Incidence; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009716:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011381:Programming Languages; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software
keywords: Competing risks; Cumulative incidence functions; Risk difference; Weighted comparison